Thunder builds fast over the flat ground east of Cherry Valley on a July afternoon — you can watch the whole thing coming for half an hour before the first drop lands. Gerke Landscaping and Lawn Care works around those windows all summer, mowing and trimming between storms and edging drives and walks once the ground firms back up. Rain out here does not politely wait for anyone's schedule, so the schedule bends and the work still gets finished. What stays constant is how it looks afterward: turf at an even height, borders defined, clippings swept off the concrete. A yard that looks settled, no matter what the sky did that week.