Late August in Van Buren Township smells like cut grass and river bottom, the Huron running low and green under the Denton Road bridge. Vaughn Lawn Care works the neighborhoods on either side of it, mowing on a steady week, trimming around posts and hydrants, edging walks back to a crisp line. Michigan lawns take a beating in the dry stretch of summer and come roaring back in September, so the schedule bends with the weather instead of fighting it. Cleanups at each end of the year handle what the maples and cottonwoods leave behind. Ordinary care, kept up — and a yard that never looks like it got away from anyone.