April in Peoria County is mostly water — the creeks up, the field roads soft, and every yard in Radnor Township greening faster than anyone expected. Lawns R Us starts the season right there, with cleanups that pull winter's litter and matted leaves out of the beds and off the turf so new growth can breathe. From then on it is the weekly circuit: mow, edge, trim the tight spots, blow the hard surfaces down to bare concrete. The mowing direction changes week to week, which is how a lawn keeps its nap instead of lying pressed flat in one tired grain. By July the yards along these township roads carry that deep, even color you only get from never missing a week.