The steeple at Germantown can be picked out from a long way off across the Clinton County corn and wheat, and the town beneath it is tidy by habit. Deiters Outdoor Services mows through a southern-Illinois growing season that comes on early and stays humid and green well past what the calendar suggests. Trimming and edging handle the fine work — the border at the walk, the ring around a mailbox post, the tight seam where lawn meets the drive. Spring clean-ups clear the winter debris; fall rounds keep leaves from smothering the grass before the ground cools. Between Breese and Aviston there are a great many well-kept yards, and it is good to keep adding to them.