June comes up over Ackerson Lake in a haze that burns off by eight, and by then the mowers are already moving. Barrett Landscaping LLC keeps lawns across Napoleon Township, where a yard can run from deep oak shade to full sun in the space of forty feet and the grass knows the difference. The work is mowing, trimming, edging, and the seasonal cleanups that bookend a Michigan growing year. There is a particular satisfaction in the last pass along a driveway — the line so clean it looks drawn. Come evening the cut still holds its stripes, and the township smells like the inside of summer.