Fog sits on Glenn Shoals in the early hours and burns off just about the time the first lawn of the day is ready to cut. 3D Mowing and Land Management handles lawn care around Hillsboro — mowing, trimming, edging and cleanups — for yards in town and for places with a good deal more ground than that. Central Illinois grass grows in bursts: nothing for a dry fortnight, then everything at once after a warm rain, and the job is staying ahead of it either way. There's real satisfaction in a wide open yard cut in even passes, the stripes running out toward the fence line. Come evening the light goes long and gold across Montgomery County, and a freshly mown lawn holds it beautifully.