South and east of Grass Lake the land opens into hayfields and fencerows, and by July everything is growing at once. Lawn In Order Grass cutting keeps the mowing on schedule out there — the long approach, the ditch bank, the square of yard a farmhouse holds against the corn. Rows laid straight, trimmed around the posts and the propane tank, clippings blown back onto the grass instead of the gravel. There is a rhythm to it: cut, turn, cut, and the smell of it hanging in the heat until evening. Yard cleanups open the green season and close it again.