Out toward the Buffalo Grove line the subdivisions wake up to sprinklers, and by mid-morning the turf has dried just enough to cut. J&L Lawn Care runs the weekly route through those blocks — mowing, string trimming, edging walks and driveways, then blowing every hard surface clear before the trailer gate goes back up. Directions get alternated week to week so the grass stands up instead of laying over, and the deck comes up through the heat of July. The season starts with a cleanup and a first cut that always feels like the year finally beginning. It ends with the leaves off the lawn and the property handed over to whatever the sky has planned.