The Shiawassee bends slow through the middle of Owosso, and by July the whole town smells like river water and cut grass. T and J Lawncare Owosso LLC keeps the mowers going through that heat — weekly cuts, string trimming around trees, posts and foundations, edges reopened along the walks, clippings cleared off before they bake onto the concrete. In a wet mid-Michigan summer the grass grows faster than anybody plans for, so the discipline is simply arriving on the same day each week, whether the lawn needs everything or only a light pass. Across the water the castle turret stands over the bank, and the yards on those streets look their best in the hour before the light flattens out. Autumn hands over the leaves, and the year closes with lawns cut short and swept clean for the cold.