The first mow of the year in Glen Carbon usually lands on a cool April morning when dew still sits on everything and the grass has that raw, sharp smell to it. KS Lawn & Landscape starts the season there and stays with it — mowing, edging, string trimming, and the cleanups at either end of the year that decide how a lawn comes back. The village sits up off the American Bottom on ground that rolls just enough to make a mower operator pay attention, and holding a straight line across a slope is its own small pleasure. What they are after is the moment a yard looks intentional: clean borders, a crisp line where turf meets concrete, nothing left scattered on the walk. Serving Glen Carbon and out toward Edwardsville, Maryville, Troy and Hamel.