Grass is only where a yard begins. Between mowing rounds there are beds to edge, mulch to freshen, and that shaggy border where turf and planting argue about who owns the ground. Through the green months in Dixon this crew works both sides of that line — mowing, trimming, bed edging, mulching, and cleanups spring and fall — then switches to plowing and salting once the drives need opening. The turn from November color to December white comes on fast in this stretch of Illinois, and the equipment changes over with it. Dixon, Grand Detour, Polo and Oregon.