The South Fork of the Sangamon loops through this country quiet and brown, swelling with a March rain and running thin by September, and Taylorville keeps time alongside it. MM Landscaping and Design works both halves of that year. From the first green-up it's mowing through the growing weeks, trimming and edging, tending the beds, and clearing off whatever winter left behind. From the first hard freeze it's plowing drives and lots, shoveling walks and steps, and putting salt down ahead of the overnight refreeze. Two seasons, two entirely different sounds to a morning, and the same idea underneath both: a property that's usable and squared away no matter what the sky is doing.