Just west of Lysander the Seneca and the Oneida come together and leave as the Oswego, which is a decent picture of what spring does to a yard around here. New Leaf Property Services LLC opens the season with cleanups — everything winter dropped hauled off, beds edged, the first cut taken low — and then holds the line with weekly mowing and trimming all summer. Onondaga County ground wakes up in a rush, usually the same week the peepers start up in the river flats. Keeping pace with that is the craft: the right height, straight lines, a defined edge where lawn meets pavement. By the time the season turns, a property has had thirty visits and looks like it never needed one.