South of Bloomington, Sugar Creek winds through the flat country and the willows leaf out weeks before anything else does — a good signal that mowing season has started again. JT & Sons Lawn Care LLC takes it from there: cutting, trimming and edging through the long green stretch, then cleanup work as the leaves let go. When the year flips, the same trucks go out for plowing, shoveling and salt, and the drives get opened while the street lamps are still doing all the lighting. Nothing about it is complicated; it is showing up on the right day, doing the whole yard, and leaving the walks clear. Bloomington and the small towns around it get looked after that way, twelve months a year.