First light over the Kaskaskia country is worth being up for, and around Mulberry Grove the day starts early regardless. Rooster's Lawn Care goes out with it — mowing while the dew is still down, trimming fence lines and the corners a deck won't reach, edging drives, blowing the walks clean. There's ball field grass, alley strips, and deep back lots that run toward the field edge, all of it needing attention on a schedule through the summer. Leaf season is its own long stretch, and there's no shortcut to it but persistence. By the time the heat comes up most mornings, half a street already looks finished.