Out in Allen township the country goes to hedgerow and hayfield, with the little headwater creeks of the St. Joseph cutting through the low ground and woodlots left standing where the plow never reached. Elite Lawn Solutions mows out there — the long approach yards, the space around the barn, the strip between the house and the road. Grass in a wet Michigan June is a genuine adversary, and staying ahead of it takes a route run faithfully every week. Trimming and edging finish what a deck cannot reach: posts, foundations, the shoulders of a gravel drive. The best hour is the one right after, when the whole place smells of cut grass and looks like somebody is home.