Spring reaches Meyersdale late: the sap season ends, the Casselman finally runs clear, and then one week in May the whole town turns green at once. Pappy Bill's Lawn Care meets it with mowing, trimming and edging, plus the cleanups that clear off everything a long mountain winter dropped in the yard. Ground this steep and this shaded does not grow evenly, so it takes knowing which slope needs cutting first and which one can wait a few days. There is something good about finishing a yard above the old rail line with the wind moving through the maples. In the Maple City the growing season is short, and it is worth keeping sharp the entire way through.