Benton keeps its courthouse square at the middle and Rend Lake spread out just to the north, and the humidity that drifts off that water makes a Franklin County summer grow things in a hurry. A lawn here can take a week of sun and one night of rain and come back wanting attention by Thursday. Benton Lawn Inc works to that pace — mowing, trimming, edging along walks and beds, and cleanups at the ends of the season when a yard has to be reset. Southern Illinois heat rewards an early start and a route that keeps moving. By late morning the mowers are three towns down the road, and the yards behind them are square, striped and quiet.