Out at Homer Lake the oaks and hickories keep their own schedule, and the yards in the village take their cue from the same weather. Mow & Co. handles lawn care in and around Homer — routine mowing, trimming, edging and the seasonal cleanups that bookend the growing year. Champaign County soil raises grass the way it raises everything else, thick and fast, so the route runs on a rhythm and stays on it. Saturday morning, mowers going, the smell of cut grass moving down the block — that is the sound of a town looking after itself. We aim to leave every yard level, edged and swept, then get out of the way.