The first mow of the week starts early in Almont, while the dew is still down and the light comes in low across the hayfields east of Van Dyke. Country Girl Lawn & Landscape works the village yards and the places out toward the Belle River, mowing, trimming and edging until each one sits neat inside its own fence line. Lapeer County lawns grow hard in June and slow way down in August, and the schedule bends to that instead of fighting it. The best moment of the day is looking back down a finished lawn with the stripes running true and the edge along the drive drawn like a ruled line. Lawn care in Almont and the farm country wrapped around it.