South of the township the Chippewa runs into the Tittabawassee, and from that meeting the middle of the mitten spreads out flat and green in every direction. Mid-Michigan Maintenance, LLC keeps lawns in that middle — mowing on a steady rotation, trimming, edging, and clearing whatever each part of the year drops onto a yard. River-valley ground grows fast after a wet week, and staying ahead of it means turning up whether or not the week was convenient. The reward is a property that never looks like it got away from anybody: even height, clean borders, nothing shaggy at the fence. Larkin Township and the roads leading out of Midland all get the same treatment.