Summer evenings in Rock Falls collect down along the riverfront, where the water turns copper and the mowers have finally quit for the day. P & T Peppers Lawn Care spends the hours before that getting yards ready for them — weekly cutting, trimming close around trees and mailboxes, edging the walks and drives, sweeping the cuttings off the concrete. When the season flips and snow starts stacking against garage doors, the same trucks carry plows, open walks and steps by hand, and lay salt where the ice grabs hold. Whiteside County weather never does anything halfway, and neither does the work. Both seasons end the same way: somebody comes home and doesn't have to think about it.