River-bottom ground along the Little Wabash grows grass like it is being paid to. Carlos Lawn Care, LLC keeps up with it — mowing, string trimming and edging through a southern Illinois season that starts in March and does not quit until the leaves are down. In a wet June a yard can want cutting twice a week, and the difference between a lawn and a hayfield is who showed up. Getting it right means even height, square corners at the walk, and nothing left behind on the drive. Carmi summers are long and loud with cicadas, and there is good work in every one of them.