May is when a yard in the south suburbs decides what it will be for the rest of the year. Rick's Landscaping & Lawn Care works that window across Rich Township — beds cleaned out and re-edged, fresh mulch laid, shrubs trimmed back into shape, and the weekly mowing begun in earnest. From there it is mowing, edging, trimming and blowing off, every week, until the maples give up in November and the leaf cleanups take over. Straight lines along the drive, a bed line that holds its curve, nothing left scattered on the concrete. Small disciplines, and they are the whole difference between a kept yard and a mowed one.