North Muskegon sits on a ridge of sand between Muskegon Lake and the big water, and in June the whole town smells like cut grass and lake air. Sandy ground grows a lawn that asks for its own kind of attention: cut a little high, cut often, keep the roots shaded through the hot weeks. We mow on a set schedule, cut the edges where the turf meets the walk, and trim in close along the porch and the fence. Spring cleanups clear out the winter litter and the sand the plows left behind; in fall the leaves come off the grass before the wet weather sets in. A yard on these streets ought to look as easy as the water at the bottom of the hill, and that takes steady work.