April in Sussex County smells like thawed ground and fresh mulch, and beyond Lake Mohawk the fields run out toward the Kittatinny ridge. Sussex County Mulching starts the year on those beds and lawns — first cuts once the ground firms up, cutting back to the borders, edging the beds so the mulch has a wall to sit against. Spring cleanups clear out everything winter left tangled in the grass. From there it is mowing straight through the season, keeping the lines honest as the plantings fill in around them. The week right after all of it is done is the week a property looks most like itself.