West of Jackson, old Michigan Avenue runs straight through Parma between fields that go gold by August. Countryside Lawn Inc keeps the village lots and the farm-edge yards along it on a weekly cut — mowing, trimming, edging, mulch beds, and the cleanups that bracket the growing season at both ends. Out where a lawn meets the crop line, the mowing has to stay honest all the way to the last pass; there is no hedge to hide behind. A neat green rectangle against a harvested field is a picture worth doing well. Parma keeps its own pace, and the mower keeps time with it.