Summer thunderstorms cross mid-Michigan from the west, dark on the horizon a half hour before they arrive, and the grass in Larkin Township grows an inch overnight behind them. All-American Landscaping keeps up with that surge — mowing, trimming, tidying the edges through the neighborhoods north of Midland until the yards look combed. When the year turns, the same drives get plowed and the same walks get opened, the porch light throwing a yellow square onto fresh-cleared concrete. It is plain work with a visible result, which is the good part of it. Flags on the mailboxes, lawns cut in even passes: a street that looks cared for.