Lockport keeps its old canal running quietly through the middle of town, and the grass along the towpath comes up thick every May. A & R Lawn Care, LLC works the lawns above that waterline — mowing in clean passes, trimming close to fence posts and mailboxes, edging the walks until the concrete shows a line again. Summer here arrives humid and heavy off the prairie, and a yard cut on schedule is the difference between a lawn and a field. By the time the mower is loaded, the clippings are off the drive and the sidewalk is blown bare. It is a small thing repeated well, week after week, from the first cut until the leaves come down.