A house shows first at the curb — the strip of lawn, the line along the porch, the walk swept or not swept. The House Doctor keeps that first impression in order for homes around Collins, with regular mowing, trimming and edging plus the cleanups that open and close the growing season. Grass here comes on fast after a wet May and keeps coming until the first frost, so the answer is rhythm rather than rescue. There's real pleasure in pulling away from a place that suddenly looks a size larger than it did an hour ago. Same street, same house, tidy again.