The Rogue River runs bright and shallow through Rockford, past the dam and the old boardwalk, and the lawns along that stretch stay green well into a dry August. Rockford Mowing keeps them that way with mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups through Plainfield Charter Township and the neighborhoods just north of it. Riverside yards bring their own puzzles — soft ground near the bank, tree roots close to the surface, shade that leaves the grass thin and sulky — so the cut gets adjusted lot by lot. The name says the business plainly, which suits the work being done. A straight pass, a clean turn at the end of it, a yard handed back tidy.