Southern Illinois hands out its spring early, and by the first week of April the redbuds are lit up along every fence row from Herrin toward the Shawnee hills. The PLANT CENTER/Family Lawn Care meets the season there — the first mow of the year, trimming back what winter left ragged, edges recut so beds and walks find their outlines again. Turf here wakes up fast and grows long, so the routine settles in early and holds through the humid months. What people notice is not any one pass but the cumulative effect: a yard that always looks like somebody was just there. That is the aim from the first cut in April to the last in October.