Fog comes up off the Des Plaines on summer mornings and lies in the low yards until the sun burns it off. AC Lawn Care is out in that hour, when the grass is still beaded and the first pass leaves a dark stripe behind the mower. Mowing and trimming in Joliet come down to lines — the walk edged clean, the parkway strip squared to the curb, the clippings blown off the drive before the truck pulls away. Cleanups bracket the year: winter grit raked out of the beds in April, everything put back in order when the air finally turns. The aim is a yard that looks cared for on an ordinary Tuesday in Will County.