The first cut of the year is a small ceremony. Around Tibbetts Brook the willows go gold-green before anything else, the ponds lose their skin of ice, and the lawns of Yonkers wake unevenly — sunny sides first, shady sides a week behind. G J Landscaping Services picks up that rhythm in April with mowing, trimming, edging and spring cleanups, then holds it steady all the way to the far end of the season. Grass grows fastest when nobody is watching, so the schedule is the craft. A yard that never once looks overgrown is the whole trick, done quietly, every week.