Down at Riverbend the Sangamon does its slow work through the timber, and along the bank the ground never really holds still — soft in April, cracked open in August, frozen solid by December. Hardy's Ground Maintenance keeps pace with that same ground where people happen to live on it. The growing season means mowing, trimming and the regular maintenance that leaves a property looking tended week after week. Winter means the plow: driveways opened up, walkways cut clear, ice treated before it can set. It is year-round upkeep in a place whose year swings hard in both directions, and that swing is half the appeal.