Out Marine Road the yards get bigger and the fields begin, and by July the corn stands tall enough that a mowed acre looks like a clearing cut into it. Heckler's Midwest Mowing takes on that kind of ground around Edwardsville: the wide lots, the ditch banks, the long runs where a mower can finally open up. Heat comes early and stays late in this part of Illinois, so the cut height rises in August and the passes get laid out to keep turf from burning. The best part is standing at the end of a big lot with the whole thing striped one direction and the dust settling behind you. Then the trimming, the drive blown off, and on toward Hamel or Worden while the light holds.