Late August, five o'clock, the light coming down Route 31 between Crystal Lake and Algonquin turns everything gold and slightly forgiving — except the lawns, which show every missed line. Crystal lake lawn services runs that stretch of road all season, mowing, trimming and edging houses on both ends of it and most of the towns between. Turf this time of year is tired and needs cutting a notch higher; come the cool of late September it will surge again, and the schedule shifts to match. The good moment is pulling the trailer gate closed and looking back at even stripes running the length of a yard. That view is on offer to homes throughout the Algonquin and Crystal Lake area.