A back yard in July is a room without a ceiling — the place where the birthday party happens, where the dog runs the fence, where somebody eats dinner outside because the light hangs on until nearly ten. HomeJoy Lawn & Landscaping keeps those rooms in order around Rockford with mowing, trimming and the landscape work that gives a yard its shape. Grass that gets cut on schedule stays soft enough to sit down in, which is more or less the whole idea. Beds get tended so the color keeps coming right through the humid middle of summer. The name says it plainly: this is about the house being a good place to be.