For about two weeks every June the cottonwoods along the Joliet bottomlands let their seed go, and the whole east side looks like it is snowing in summer. Ramos Landscaping is out under that drift keeping lawns mowed, trimmed and edged, the walks left clear, hauling away what spring and autumn pile up. Illinois grass runs hard in early summer and then wants mercy by August, so the work changes with the month even when the route does not. What stays constant is the finish — even height, and a border cut sharp enough to see from the street. Yard by yard, block by block, all season long.