The Mackinaw runs through timber below the prairie here, and on a June morning mist sits over the bottoms while the fields above are already bright. Fasse Bros Outdoor Services is mowing by then — even passes across the open yards of Little Mackinaw, trimmer work in close along the sheds and the field fence, edging the gravel line and the walk. The ground here grows grass fast and thick, and holding to a weekly turn is the only way to stay ahead of it. When the leaves come down they clear them off the turf and out of the beds so the lawn goes into winter clean. Farm-country yards are big; that just means there is more of it to get right.