Walk into any hardware store or garden centre in Sudbury and you’ll find a wall of grass seed. Bags with pictures of thick green lawns, marketing terms like “fast germinating” and “all-purpose” and “sun and shade mix.” Most of it will grow. Some of it will grow well. And a surprising amount of it is … Read more
Every spring in Greater Sudbury, once the snow melts and people walk out to look at their lawn for the first time since October, my phone starts ringing with the same question. “There are these circular dead patches all over my lawn. It looks like something died under the snow. What is it?” Snow mould. … Read more
I’m going to give you the honest version of this — not the version a lawn care company would normally give you, where the answer conveniently always points toward hiring someone. The truth is: for some Sudbury homeowners with some properties in some situations, doing it yourself is the right call. And for others, hiring … Read more
When I walk a new property in Greater Sudbury, one of the first things I do is the screwdriver test. Push a standard screwdriver into the soil with moderate force and see how far it goes. On a properly maintained lawn that’s been aerated regularly, it should go 4 to 6 inches without significant resistance. … Read more
October in Sudbury is the month most homeowners mentally check out from their lawn. The grass stopped growing aggressively weeks ago. The leaves are coming down. The weather is unpredictable — warm one week, frost warnings the next. And after a full spring and summer of mowing, watering, and keeping up with everything, most people … Read more
This question comes up on almost every first-time quote call I do. Homeowner has a lawn that’s been struggling — weeds, bare patches, thin grass, goes brown every July. They’ve tried a few things over the years. Nothing stuck. And now they’re standing in the yard genuinely not sure what to do first, or whether … Read more
It sounds simple. But the honest answer is that “landscaping” means something different depending on who you ask and what city you’re in. In Sudbury especially, the work that matters most is shaped by our climate, our soil, our shorter growing season, and the specific things that go wrong on properties up here that don’t … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. Every season, someone calls me after searching “grass sod near me” online and ending up confused — either by results that show suppliers hours away, or by quotes that don’t make sense for a Sudbury project, or by sod that arrived … Read more
Every June I get a wave of calls and messages from homeowners who either didn’t know the outdoor watering bylaw was back in effect or weren’t sure what it meant for their lawn care routine. This year I’m getting questions about pricing too — costs have shifted across the board in the lawn care industry … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. One of the most common calls I get in spring is from a homeowner standing in their backyard, looking at a lawn that came through winter looking worse than last year, and asking the same question: “Ryan, is this lawn worth … Read more