West of the village the land flattens out toward Warners: black soil, wide sky, and grass that takes off after every warm rain. Hummell's Landscaping mows that country and the neighborhoods around it with even passes, tidy stripes, trimming close along posts and foundations, and edging where turf keeps trying to creep over concrete. Seasonal cleanups open the yards in April and close them down in November. On a July afternoon with the mower running and the smell of cut grass hanging in the heat, the work is about as good as work gets. The reward arrives the moment you step back and look down the length of a finished lawn.