Late August in Allendale Charter Township: goldenrod along the ditches, corn standing tall past the shoulder, and lawns just beginning to recover from a hard, hot month. Rike's Lawn Care & Scaping LLC meets them there, dropping the cut back to a proper height as the nights cool and the grass wakes up again. Weekly mowing, trimming along the foundation, edges recut where summer blurred them, and the drive swept before leaving. It is the stretch of the year when a yard can be turned around in three visits, and that is a satisfying thing to watch happen. By late September the same lawns are thick and deep green, and they look it from the road.