Out past the last streetlight the pines of the Manistee National Forest close in, and the lawns get larger and wilder the farther you go. Northwoods Lawn Service follows those two-track drives to houses sitting in their own clearings, mowing back the open ground, trimming along the tree line, edging what pavement there is. Summer in this country runs green and fast — a week away and a yard forgets who owns it. Spring and fall cleanups clear the needles and leaves the woods keep sending over the property line. Wild all around, kept in the middle: that is how a place out here ought to look.