Crockery Creek runs cold under the township roads in May, and the fog sits over it until the mowers wake the morning up. Dirt Scapes, LLC starts early out of Nunica, cutting lawns while the dew is still on them and before the day turns heavy. Mowing, trimming, edging along the drive, clippings swept off the concrete — the list is short and the standard is not. A yard cut in clean lines reads differently from the road, and that difference is worth getting up for. Around Crockery the growing season comes on fast, and the work keeps pace with it.