I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. Since 2020, I’ve been running the aerator on lawns all across Greater Sudbury. Garson, Val Caron, Hanmer, Lively, Chelmsford, Azilda, Capreol — I’ve worked on over 200 properties in this city. And after all of it, I can tell you that … Read more
I get this one on quote calls at least a few times a week through May and June. Homeowner walks me to the backyard, waves their hand at the lawn, and says something like: “I don’t even know what happened. Last year it was fine. This year it looks like a field.” I’m Ryan Lingenfelter, … Read more
Most homeowners put a lot of thought into their first cut of the spring. They watch the lawn coming back, they wait for the right moment, they get the mower tuned up. The last cut of the season gets almost no attention at all. Someone calls it done sometime in October, parks the mower in … Read more
Every spring I get a version of this conversation on a quote call. Someone wants to do something with their yard — a stone path, a patio, a retaining wall, defined garden borders, gravel in the driveway area. They’ve looked at pictures online. They have a rough idea of what they want. And then they … Read more
Someone called me last week asking for a quote on a one-time grass cut. Decent sized lot, hadn’t been touched in about three weeks. When I gave him the number, he paused. “That’s actually not bad. I was going to rent a mower from Home Depot and just do it myself.” I told him to … Read more
I want to tell you something that might sting a little. After five years of cutting grass on residential and commercial properties all across Greater Sudbury, I can pull up to almost any property and tell within two minutes whether the homeowner is mowing it properly. Not because I’m looking for problems — but because … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter, owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. Since 2020, I’ve installed sod on residential and commercial properties all across Greater Sudbury — Garson, Val Caron, Hanmer, Lively, Chelmsford, Azilda, Capreol. I’ve seen fresh sod laid perfectly and I’ve seen sod that was too far gone before it ever touched … Read more
This question comes up more than you’d think. Someone orders sod, the delivery shows up, and then something changes. The ground isn’t ready. The installer can’t make it that day. Life happens. And the sod is sitting there on the pallet in the driveway. “Ryan, how long do I have before this goes bad?” I’m … Read more
I get this call more than people might expect. It’s usually not the senior themselves on the phone. It’s their daughter calling from Sudbury, or their son calling from out of town. The conversation usually starts the same way. “My mom is in her 70s and she’s been doing her own lawn forever but she … Read more
I’m going to tell you something I don’t usually lead with when I’m on a quote call. Before I started Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping, I had a lawn that looked embarrassing. Not a little rough around the edges. Actually bad. Thin in patches, weeds everywhere, brown stretches through July that I couldn’t explain. I … Read more