The first mow of the Covington year comes in with alder catkins scattered on the grass and Big Soos Creek running loud and brown with March rain. Abarca Landscape And Construction likes that opening cut best — the moment a winter-flattened yard stands up again and the shape of the property comes back. From there it is a steady rhythm of mowing, trimming the fence lines free of blackberry canes, and keeping beds turned and clean as the plateau warms. Summer brings the tidy weekly pass; October brings the leaf haul and the hard cutback. A yard that gets that attention start to finish never looks like it is catching up.