Spring shows up in Milton with the Lamoille running high and brown past the falls below the village, and every lawn in town soft enough to sink a boot into. You wait it out, and then all at once the mowing begins and does not let up until the leaves are down. Bates Landscaping LLC. takes that first cut and every one after it — mowing, string trimming, edging, and the leaf work that closes the year out — through Milton and the towns next door. Along the Route 7 stretch and back on the side roads the aim never changes: grass at an even height, corners cut in, nothing left lying in the driveway. It is a plain standard, and it holds up all season.