South of Springfield the land opens out flat and the wind has nothing to argue with, so a July afternoon in Chatham comes at you with sun on every side at once. Ace of Blades Lawncare mows into that glare and leaves stripes behind it, trimming the tight corners and running an edge along the drive that holds its line for a week. Prairie ground wants to sprawl, and the answer to that is a schedule and a sharp blade. When the year turns, the same trucks push snow off those driveways and walks and lay salt where the wind has polished the ice smooth. The yard people admire in August is the same one they can get out of in January.