Out toward Rockdale the road runs under hemlock and the ground stays cold long after the open fields have dried, so spring reaches these yards in stages. P&P Lawncare starts when the mud finally lets go — raking out the winter, clearing downed limbs, taking a first cut low so the new growth comes in even. Through the season it is weekly mowing, string trimming around outbuildings and fence posts, and edges kept clean where lawn meets driveway. Mulch goes in around the beds, and the strip along the road gets cut back so the mailboxes show. By August a yard here should look like the woods stop exactly where somebody decided they would.