Late afternoon out here goes long and level. The land around Prairie Ronde lies flat enough that a mowing line can run the length of a yard without a single correction, and HJ Land management service takes that as an invitation — full-width passes, tight trimming around posts and mailboxes, edges cut so the lawn stops where it means to. Wind moves over the open sections all day and drops off at supper time, which is when a fresh-cut yard smells like the whole township. Spring and fall bring the cleanups: winter's scatter raked off in April, the leaf load hauled away in November. Grass here grows on deep, dark prairie ground, and it shows.