Morning fog lifts off Whitmore Lake in slow sheets, and by the time it clears the lawns along the township roads are ready for a cut. Bryant Services LLC handles that work across Northfield Township — mowing, edging, trimming and seasonal cleanups on properties tucked between the lake and the US-23 corridor. Glacial ground rolls here, so a mower line has to follow the land instead of fighting it, and getting that right is most of the craft. A finished yard on one of these gentle slopes reads clean all the way to the treeline. Homes in Whitmore Lake and the neighboring Washtenaw County townships are on the route.