August mornings in the township start heavy — dew standing on everything, the air already thinking about noon — and the first mower of the day cuts a dark stripe across a silver lawn. Maxi Services works that early window, mowing, trimming and edging while the grass still stands up straight to the blade. By the time the neighborhood is moving, there's a yard behind them with clean corners and not a clipping left on the drive. Lawns grow hard here in a wet Michigan summer, so the route barely pauses between May and October. Okemos, Haslett and the East Lansing edge all get the same early start.