Morning fog settles low over the River Raisin in Manchester and does not lift off the bottomland until the sun gets over the trees, so the grass stays soaked well past breakfast. Bighorn Outdoor Services times the day around it — mowing once the dew lifts, edging where turf meets gravel or walk, working the trimmer along fence lines and the base of the old shade trees. Properties here range from tight village parcels to wide country lawns running out toward the fields, and each gets cut to suit. Cleanups come in spring and again when the oaks finally let go in November. A mown lawn in this valley looks like a clearing somebody meant to make.