Snowmelt pours off Whiteface into the Ausable for weeks, and Wilmington's yards stay soft long after the calendar says spring. S. LAVARNWAY EXCAVATING & PAVING, LLC starts the lawn season when the ground finally firms, with cleanups that pull the winter's litter off the grass, then mowing, trimming and edging straight through to the frosts. The valley floor grows a heavy, deep-green turf once it gets going. Week by week the route comes around, and week by week the properties are left even and clean at the borders. Autumn closes it out with a last cut and the leaves taken away.