There is an hour after sunrise when the dew is still on and a mower leaves a darker track behind it — out toward Blandford the mist sits in the low ground and burns off slowly. Tender Lawn Care Inc starts Grand Rapids days about then, mowing, trimming and edging along a route that runs until the afternoon heat. Michigan grass has a short, generous season and it waits for nobody, so the schedule holds week to week from April through the leaf drop. Autumn brings cleanups, and the oaks around here hang onto their leaves until they are good and ready. A yard kept on schedule all summer needs very little help looking right in October.