June in the fruit belt smells like warm sand and cut grass, and the St. Joseph River keeps the Berrien Township mornings soft a little longer than they have any right to be. Garrett's Lawn Care works into that hour, laying mowing stripes straight across a yard while the dew still gives underfoot. Edges get cut clean along the walk and the drive, string trimmer tidying the fence line and the mailbox post, clippings cleared away before the afternoon heat arrives. Come autumn the maples let go all at once and the same yards get raked back down to green. A lawn kept this way tells you someone comes by on purpose.