In April the low flats west of Rome toward Verona fill with meltwater, and after dark the peepers start up loud enough to hear from inside a truck. That racket is the year's real opening bell, and not long behind it the mowers come out of the shed. Frogs lawn & tree care starts on the soft ground first — the wet corners that need a light touch before they will carry a machine — then works up to the dry front yards. Spring here is short and everything happens at once, so the route moves quickly and comes right back around. A first cut on a lawn that spent all winter pressed flat is one of the better sights of the year.