At the end of a Tolono afternoon the grain elevator throws its shadow clear across US 45, and the light goes the color of ripe wheat. Ambassador Lawn & Tree Services is out in it — the last lawn of the day, mower cooling, the trimmer working the shade line under a big silver maple. Village yards here live in the company of old trees, and the trees set the terms: what grows, what thins, what has to come down after a wind. So the work runs from mowing and edging to limbs and canopy, one property at a time along the streets between the highway and the tracks. When the machines shut off, the only sound left is the elevator fans and a yard that looks exactly the way its owner pictured it.