April in Lexington begins with wind — it comes across open McLean County ground with nothing to slow it, and it dries a lawn out fast enough to cut. Devore Inc starts there, with the first pass of the year, when the grass is thick and low and the mower leaves a line you can see from the porch. What follows is weekly and unglamorous: cutting, trimming the edges a deck cannot reach, edging the drive and the walk square, clearing the pavement when the cut is done. Prairie towns keep their yards open and close together, so one shaggy lot stands out and one trimmed lot lifts a whole block. Come November the leaves are gathered and hauled off, and the year closes clean.