Elk Grove's streets were laid out with a ruler, and by June the parkway strips between curb and sidewalk have become a hundred small green rectangles. P&R Sofia Landscaping Inc keeps those and everything behind them — the mow, the trim around posts and hydrants, the edge that separates lawn from concrete in one clean stroke. Illinois summers push growth hard in the days after a storm, and holding to a schedule is what keeps a yard from going shaggy between visits. There is a pleasure in standing at the curb afterward and watching the pattern hold all the way to the corner. Simple work, kept up week to week, straight through to the last cut of the year.