Late summer along Catherine Store Road, the rabbitbrush comes on yellow and the roadside sunflowers lean all one direction, and the lawns behind them need cutting more than ever. green monarch aspen keeps that rhythm through the warm stretch — mowing at an even height, trimming the ragged growth along fences and mailbox posts, edging where grass runs up against gravel and concrete. Carbondale's dry air and hard sun mean a lawn either gets attention or gets away from you, and the difference reads from the road. Fall brings the raking and hauling, spring the clearing of what winter left. Simple work, done on time, and a yard that looks the better for it.