On Forest Avenue the rooflines run low and long, built by people who thought the prairie worth imitating — and the name Midwest Plains Landscaping LLC belongs to that same flat, wide country. The work runs with the land: mowing and edging level front yards through the summer, then plowing and shoveling when the plain sends its weather east across the village. A horizontal line is easy to admire and hard to cut straight, which is exactly what makes a well-edged Oak Park lawn so satisfying to stand back from. Winter reduces everything to a single question — is it clear? Answering that early is what the cold months are for.