Spring reaches Holly Township from the low ground first, where the young Shiawassee runs narrow enough to step across and the frost finally lets go of the banks. A&M Landscape starts the mowing year there, in yards that come back green in patches before they come back all at once. The work is lawn care done plainly: the mow, the edge along the drive, the trim around every post and mailbox, the grass gathered up so a yard looks combed rather than cut. By June the river country turns thick and humid, and the machines run early, before the heat leans in. What gets left behind is a lawn that reads well from the road — lines even, borders clean, nothing shaggy in the corners.