The first Saturday in May the grass is finally dry enough, half of Monticello is out at once, and the whole town smells like the inside of a cut lawn. Illini Cuts spends the green months there — mowing on a schedule, trimming around posts and fences, edging the walks, and cleaning up so a yard is finished when the truck pulls away. Central Illinois grass runs hard in June and hardly at all in August, and much of the craft is knowing which week is which. Autumn brings the last cuts and the leaves off, and then the yard is put away tidy. A lawn kept this way simply looks like somebody is paying attention. Lawn care in Monticello and nearby Piatt County towns.