Late April, and the lawns up around Verona wake all at once — dew on everything, worm casts in the low spots, that first cut of the year throwing off a green smell nothing else makes. EcoGrass Lawn Care L.L.C picks the season up right there: mowing on a rhythm, string trimming the corners a mower can't reach, clearing the winter's litter of sticks and matted leaves out of the turf. Michigan grass wants a taller cut and a sharp blade through the heat of July, then a shorter one heading into the freeze. Beds get an edge, hard surfaces get cleared, and the yard keeps a little more of itself each week. Slow, ordinary work — and by August it shows.