Seen from the ridge roads outside Staunton, this country is a checkerboard — corn, beans, pasture, and the town's own tidy yards stitched in between. M.T.B. Plots keeps that stitching neat: mowing on a schedule, string trimming along fence lines and foundations, edging where turf meets concrete, blowing the drive and walk clear at the end of the visit. Southwestern Illinois summers run hot and humid, and grass here grows in surges rather than politely, which is what makes consistency the whole trick. Cleanups in spring and again in fall bracket the growing months. A cared-for lawn is a small, stubborn statement in a wide open landscape.