First light on a Rockford summer morning is cool enough to need a sweatshirt, and the trailer gets loaded before the town is properly awake. tys landscaping heads out from there — mowing, trimming, edging and the landscape work that keeps a yard looking looked-after, north through the rolling country toward Cedar Springs. Starting early means the grass is dry by the second stop and the day's heat arrives with half the route already behind you. Every lawn gets the same treatment whether it's a corner lot in town or a long drive out on a section road. Ending the day with a truck full of dust and a string of yards cut clean is a good way to make a living.