April in Le Ray is mud and promise — snowbanks shrinking down into the gravel, the first bold green showing along the south-facing ditch lines. Masons Landscaping & Lawncare opens the season right there: raking out the winter's mat, clearing the beds, then mowing and trimming week by week as the yards come back into themselves. The window between last frost and first is not long, so everything gets its turn on schedule. By June a well-kept lawn out here is thick enough to hold a footprint, edged neatly where it meets the walk. That is the whole ambition, and it is a good one.