There is a week in Algonquin, usually somewhere in November, when the mower comes off the trailer and the plow goes on, and the whole shape of the work changes overnight. H.L Landscaping Inc. lives on both sides of that week. Warm months mean mowing, trimming, edging and landscape upkeep on the streets running back from the river; cold months mean plowing driveways, clearing walks and salting before the sun is up. The properties are the same, the neighbors are the same, only the tool changes. Keeping a place looking cared-for in July and keeping it passable in January turn out to be the same promise, kept for households throughout Algonquin and the surrounding towns.