By June the smell of cut grass hangs over the ballfields at Knox Park all evening, and half of McHenry seems to be outside in it. A & J Lendechy Lawn Care spends those long days on the mower — weekly cutting, string trimming along fences and foundations, edges cut sharp where turf meets sidewalk. Spring starts with raking out the winter's flattened mat; autumn ends with hauling away everything the oaks let go. A lawn that stripes evenly from the curb to the back fence is a quiet kind of accomplishment, and it is the one they chase. Mowing routes cover McHenry, Johnsburg, McCullom Lake and Wonder Lake.