West of the highway the land goes soft, all marsh grass and tag alder around the flooding, with herons standing still in the shallows and cranes calling across it at dusk. KKR Lawn Maintenance works the mowed edges of that wet country in Roscommon Township, cutting, trimming and edging on the rotation a northern summer demands. Grass here goes from dormant to knee-high in about three weeks of June, then settles into a steadier pace. Cleanups take care of both ends of the year, the spring rake-out and the fall haul of leaves and needles. A neat lawn framed by wild ground is a good contrast, and worth keeping.