Noon in July on Springfield Avenue: heat rising off the asphalt, and the smell of cut grass hanging in the wet air a full block behind the mower. Ramon's Lawn Mowing is out in it. Mowing is the entire business, and that is a strength — one thing, done at the right height, in the right week, with the trimming finished before the truck moves on. Champaign grass sprints in June and sulks by August, and knowing the difference is most of the trade. A clean cut on a hot afternoon is worth every bit of the sweat it costs.