In April the ospreys come back to their platforms out over the bay, and within a week or two the mowers start up across Somers Point. Lear's Landscaping LLC treats that first cut as the one that sets the tone for the whole year — the winter mat raked out, the borders reclaimed, the lawn given a clean shape to grow into. From there the work is steady and unglamorous: mowing on rotation, trimming what the deck can't reach, edging the drive, keeping beds free of the debris a shore spring throws around. Sandy ground and salt air make grass a negotiation here, not a given. A yard that looks effortless in July was somebody's careful April.