Whale Pond Brook runs the town's inland seam, and in April the green comes up along it before anywhere else. J Benavides Landscaping & Lawn opens the year on those blocks — first mow, borders trimmed, beds cleared of the winter's tangle, edges recut where the frost pushed them out of line. Spring here is short and generous; the grass grows like it's making up for something. Staying ahead of it takes a route, a schedule and the willingness to be out early. By June the yards look settled, and settled is exactly what people want to come home to.