Kingston sits in the black-dirt country of DeKalb County, where the corn goes up like a wall by the Fourth of July and the turbines out on the horizon turn slow above it. J&C Brothers Landscaping And Services runs its mowing through town and out along the roads toward the Kishwaukee, cutting on a schedule, trimming along fences and mailbox posts, edging where lawn meets drive. Spring cleanups clear off what winter left; fall cleanups take the leaves before the first hard freeze glues them down. Heat, storms, a week of rain that puts everything a step behind — the route adjusts and keeps moving. A yard left even, finished sharp at the edges, is the whole point of the day.