The Pine River curls through Alma, and the yards along it wake up muddy and hopeful every March. Earth Kind Lawn and Landscape starts there — clearing winter debris, cutting back what the frost took, opening the beds so the soil can warm. Summer settles into mowing and trimming, week after week, with the edging kept sharp along walks and drives. When the cottonwoods and maples turn, the leaf work carries those yards down into November. A lawn tended this way holds its shape straight through the long Gratiot County calendar.