The prairie at the Byron forest preserve is at its loudest in late summer — grasses over your head, everything humming, and after dark a sky out there black enough to actually see into. Allegiance Lawn Maintenance works the cultivated version of that same country: mowing on a set week, trimming around fence lines and foundations, edging the walks, hauling off the spring and fall cleanups. When the season turns it shifts to plowing, walk clearing and ice control, which in Ogle County can begin in November and run long past it. Two different kinds of early morning, one set of properties. Each ends with a place that is ready to be used.