Late summer along Spring Road the shop awnings are out, and the yards on the streets behind them hold their color well into September. Ross & Jack's Landscaping Inc works those blocks and the ones running toward Berens Park — mowing, string trimming, edging drives and walks, carrying off the clippings so nothing sits and yellows. A commuter town notices its lawns in passing, on the walk to the Metra platform or the drive home at dusk, and a clean line at the curb registers even when nobody stops to look. Keeping that up means returning, again and again, on the same day of the week. Plain work with a visible result, which is a fair trade in any month.