Chicago Ridge is named for the rise it sits on, a low swell of ground in an otherwise level stretch of the southwest suburbs — enough of a grade that winter wind finds it first. Reliable Lawncare works that weather from both directions. December through March it is plowing, clearing driveways and walks, and putting salt where the ice wants to sit. The rest of the year it is mowing on a schedule, trimming to the fence lines, and the cleanups that open and close the growing season. There is a particular pride in a drive cleared to the pavement before anyone's alarm goes off, and in that same drive's grass edge cut sharp in July.