The first week the ground gives in Spring Valley — mud in the low spots, the grass gone pale and flat under whatever winter left behind — is when the year really begins. salazar's landscaping starts there with spring cleanups: raking out the beds, pulling the winter litter off the turf, cutting back what died down, and then that first mow that turns everything green again in a single afternoon. From there it is the steady work — weekly cutting, trimming, edging along drives and walks — right through the thick of summer. Fall reverses it, leaf by leaf, until the yards are stripped and level and ready to sit under snow. Working the same properties from March through November means knowing where the shade holds moisture and where the sun burns a strip thin, and cutting accordingly.