Fifteen miles south of Joliet the tallgrass at Midewin stands head-high by August, grass allowed to do whatever it likes. In town the job is the opposite, and LANDSCAPE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE, LLC does it: mowing on schedule, trimming the edges, cutting a true line along drives and walks, mulch and bed maintenance holding the borders in place. Cleanups clear the two seasons that make the most mess. Kept grass and wild grass are both worth looking at; one of them just takes a truck, a route, and somebody who shows up. The satisfaction is in the contrast — a lawn reading sharp against everything growing loose around it.