Thaw week in Auburn turns everything up at once: the sand along the curb, the branches down in the back lot, a whole year of things that blew in behind the garage. R&B Landscaping and Rubbish Removal opens the season by taking it all away — the spring cleanup, the debris hauled off, beds and lawn cleared down to bare ground. Then the mowing begins, weekly and even, with trimming close along fences and the border cut back along the drive. There is real satisfaction in an empty back corner where a pile used to be, and in a yard that has room to grow again. That first clean look is the one the rest of the summer gets built on.