Come July the hayfields around Blanchard get cut and the whole village smells green for a week. Richardson Lawn And Garden, LLC works right through that season — mowing lawns on an even schedule, trimming what a mower deck cannot reach, keeping garden beds and borders tidy as summer fills them in. Isabella County evenings run long and gold, and a lawn that has just been cut is a fine thing to sit and look at. Then the year turns hard, the fields go white overnight, and the same trucks are pushing snow off drives and opening the path to the door. The place changes completely; the habit of taking care of it does not.