Downtown, the Sojourner Truth memorial stands over a patch of green that says something about this city's memory, and by early May grass like that is coming in fast all over town. Next Generation Lawn Care works outward from those blocks — mowing on a weekly rhythm, string trimming the corners, edging the walks until the shape of a yard shows again. Battle Creek springs are wet and quick, and a lawn left two weeks stops being a lawn. Summer settles into a steadier pace, then fall turns everything to leaves and one last low cut before the ground hardens. Straightforward work, taken in order, carried all the way through the season.