Late August along the Clam River, a bare bank will pick up and move in one good thunderstorm if nothing at all is holding it. This Quicklawn Hydroseeding location puts down slurry for exactly that reason — new lawns, regraded slopes and stripped banks coated so the soil stays put while roots get going underneath. Seeding in the cool end of a northern Michigan season has its own advantage: warm ground, cold nights, and far less competing weed pressure than spring. Turf care rounds out the work, from overseeding tired lawns to bringing a yard up from bare dirt. By the time the maples let go, ground that was sand in August is green enough to mow.