Manlius Township sits in fruit country a few miles back from Lake Michigan, blueberry fields and orchards laid out on sandy ground with the Kalamazoo River winding past New Richmond. Cesar's Landscaping & Tree Service takes care of the lawns out here — mowing, edging, trimming close around trunks and posts, and clearing the beds in spring and again when the season turns. Sandy soil dries quickly and thins out in August, so a cut that leaves the blade a little tall does more for a yard than a scalping. The lake breeze works inland most afternoons and takes the edge off the heat, which makes for good working weather straight through summer. What is left behind is a yard drawn sharp against the sand and the orchard rows beyond it.