April in Carroll County: the ridges toward Mount Carroll come back green a week ahead of the bottoms, and the grain elevator stands up out of Lanark like a marker you can steer by. Cory's Landscaping and Design, LLC opens the season right about then — first cuts, trimming, edging the walks that winter chewed at, clearing out the beds along the front of the house. Out here a yard is a small green room set against an enormous amount of farmland, and it is worth keeping trim. By June the mowing has found its rhythm; by October it has turned into leaves and the last tidy-up before the wind starts coming across the open sections. Lawn care for Lanark and the small towns nearby.