By late August the lawns around Larkin Township go pale at the crown and wait on rain, and the first cool night sends the green rushing back through them. Four Seasons Landscaping & Irrigation reads that turn in the grass — mowing at the right height for the heat, trimming, then clearing the yard down as autumn empties the maples. After that the ground hardens, wind comes across the open fields with snow behind it, and the work becomes plowing drives and opening walkways before daylight. Between those two there is frost, mud, and everything else mid-Michigan does in between. A yard here asks for four different jobs a year, and every one of them shows.