Barges come through the lock at the head of Moline all season, and their slow going sets a fair pace for outdoor work: steady, unhurried, finished properly. VHS Lawncare & Landscape mows, edges, trims and cleans up through the green months, then plows, shovels and salts once the towboats are shouldering ice. Winter along this stretch of the Mississippi is wind as much as snow, and drives fill back in twice before breakfast. Going out a second time is simply part of it. The reward is a property that reads the same in August as in January: looked after.