The soil around Caseyville grows things whether you ask it to or not; by the middle of June a lawn can put on a week of height in four days. Delkus Lawn & Landscaping Inc. keeps pace with it — mowing on a schedule that respects how fast the season moves, running the trimmer down fence lines, edging where the drive meets the turf. Afternoons out here belong to the thunderheads that build over Missouri and cross the river with their minds already made up, so the work tends to get done in the cool of the morning. The reward is the walk back to the truck, looking at even stripes laid over ground that was shaggy an hour ago. Small thing. Worth doing right.