June in Grand Rapids gives you daylight past nine o'clock, and Brenny's Lawn & Landscaping uses every minute of it. This is a Mississippi River town — the water bends right through downtown — and the yards that slope toward it grow fast and thick once the frost finally lets go. Brenny's shapes that growth: mow lines laid straight, edges cut sharp against the sidewalk, beds tucked and mulched while the evening light goes gold on the water. A northern summer is a brief argument between green and winter, and the green deserves an advocate. Step onto a lawn after the crew leaves and the whole yard seems to sit up a little straighter.