First light on the Fox River turns the water the color of old nickel, and the lawns above the bank catch the same low shine while the dew is still on them. Blue Diamond Landscape Design starts its McHenry days there — mowing, trimming, edging, and the spring and fall cleanups that leave a property looking deliberate rather than merely cut. In winter the schedule flips to plowing driveways and lots, clearing walks and putting down salt where ice forms first. The pleasure of the job is in the line: a straight edge along a walk in July, a straight edge along a driveway in January. Work runs through McHenry, Johnsburg, Island Lake and Lakemoor.