Aux Sable takes its name from the sand beneath it, and the creek that carries the name still runs past the old canal aqueduct on its way to the Illinois. A. Clubb Lawn Care & Landscaping, Inc. works the ground above it in both directions of the year: mowing, trimming and edging when Grundy County greens up, plowing and salting when it does not. Sandy soil drains quickly here, so a lawn can be back under the mower a day after a hard rain. Winter asks the opposite — early hours, drives opened wide, walks scraped down before anyone steps out. Either way, the aim is a property somebody is glad to pull into.