Out past the last streetlight in Adel, a yard doesn't end so much as hand itself over to wiregrass and slash pine. Allen's Land Clearing, LLC works that seam, keeping mowed ground mowed and the ragged edge honest — trimming back what creeps in, running the mower out to the fence line, blowing the drive clean at the end. There is a particular pleasure in the moment the last pass closes and the whole place reads as tended rather than merely occupied. Cook County soil is sandy and quick, so grass answers fast when it is given attention. Adel and the small towns around it get the same order of work every time.