Palatine sits on gentle glacial ground where the headwaters of Salt Creek gather in the low spots, and every yard here has a place the water wants to go. BJ's Lawn Service Inc reads those grades, mowing and trimming through the growing season, hauling off the autumn leaf drop before it mats down over soft soil, then returning in winter to plow, shovel and lay ice control on the same properties. October is the honest month for this trade: cold mornings, wet leaves, and a yard that looks twice its size until it's cleared and then looks like itself again. Come January the work runs in reverse, subtracting rather than gathering, handing back a driveway to whoever needs to leave at seven. Two seasons, one route, the same village.