Late August in Grant County lays the contour strips across the hills in bands of gold and green, and the light goes soft a full hour before it sets. Mike and Sons Land Care keeps the smaller ground in Cuba City tended to that same standard, with mowing, trimming, edging and hauling out whatever spring and fall leave behind. Driftless yards run uphill, downhill and around limestone that never moved for anybody, which makes an even cut a genuine accomplishment. The measure of a day is a property that looks looked after: trimmed tight to the walls, no missed corners, clippings swept off the walk. Simple work, carried all the way to the end.