There is one week every April when Wappingers Falls turns the corner — the creek quiets down, the ground finally takes a boot without sinking, and it's time for the first cut. Wolves Landscaping starts there and doesn't let up: mowing and edging all season, trimming hedges, laying mulch, cleaning up in spring and again when the last leaf is down. Yards in this part of Dutchess County can go from dormant to knee-high in a fortnight if the rain cooperates. Staying ahead of that is most of the craft; the rest is finishing — the trimmed fence line, the blown-off walk, a level cut carried across an uneven grade. Done right, a lawn looks effortless, which is the whole trick of it.