The soil around Grayling is sand under a skin of pine needle, and grass growing in it earns every inch. G&S Landscape and Lawn Service mows and maintains those lawns through the northern summer, cutting a little high so the roots keep their shade and the color holds into August. Edges kept sharp along the drive and the front step, beds cleared of the needle cast that settles over everything. In spring the cleanup pulls away what the plow and the wind piled up all winter. Green up here is a small victory, and a kept lawn looks like one.