Caldwell Township sits high and open in Missaukee County, dairy barns and fence lines and a growing season that shows up late and then means business. Fults Lawn Care & Services works that narrow green window hard, mowing, trimming, edging and handling the cleanups on both ends of it. Up here a lawn can go from brown to shin-deep on two weeks of May rain, so the first cuts of the year are the ones that set the tone. A farmyard mown right to the gravel, with the ground tight around the mailbox post and the propane tank, is the look worth chasing. By the time the maples color in late September, the route has run its course and the yards go into the cold looking clean.