By late afternoon in August the heat stands up off the pavement along the Interstate 57 corridor, and the last yards of the day are the ones that ask the most. All pro lawn and landscape inc works those hours anyway, cutting, running the trimmer along drives, and hauling the season's growth away. Monee's lots sit open to the wind, so grass here grows fast and dries fast, and the cut has to be timed to it. The reward comes at the end: long parallel lines laid across a yard, the border sharp where turf meets concrete. Then the gate goes up and the truck rolls home under a sky still holding light.