Up here the last frost keeps its own counsel, and the first mow of the year is a small celebration. Affordable Landscaping LLC works the lawns of Menominee Township, at the southern tip of the Upper Peninsula — mowing, trimming, edging, and the cleanups that get a yard out of winter and into May. When the lilacs finally break, the grass comes on all at once and it does not wait for anyone's schedule. The reward is a lawn that looks like it was always going to be that green, cut level from the road right back to the tree line. Short season, long light: that is the bargain in Menominee County, and it is a good one.