By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 She called me in April of last year. Said she wanted to talk about lawn care for her property. Standard enough opening. Then she said something I hadn’t heard before: “I’ve been watching you work on … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 I’ve walked a lot of properties in Greater Sudbury. Most initial visits follow a similar rhythm — I arrive, introduce myself, walk the lawn, ask a few questions, form an assessment. The homeowner tells me what … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 I went to quote a property in the Sudbury area expecting a standard initial visit. Walk the lawn, assess the conditions, talk through what I’d recommend, give a price. What happened instead was that the homeowner … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 I didn’t recognise the number when it came in. It was a February afternoon — off season, quieter than summer, the kind of afternoon where calls are usually suppliers or someone planning ahead for spring. I … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 I pulled up to the property at 6:58am. I know the time because I’d checked my phone in the truck before getting out — I’d arranged a 7am visit and I wanted to be on time. … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 Running routes across Greater Sudbury means I drive the same roads constantly. Garson to Hanmer, Hanmer to Val Caron, Val Caron to Chelmsford and back. I know these streets well. And on those routes, I pass … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 She said it in the first thirty seconds of the call. “I want to be upfront with you — I’ve basically given up on the backyard. I’m just calling because my neighbour kept insisting I try … Read more
Every spring, usually sometime in the last week of April or the first week of May, I get a text from a homeowner in the Sudbury area. Same person, every year. It says something like: “Hey Ryan, just checking in — are you taking on customers again this season?” He’s been sending that text for … Read more
I’ve been doing this long enough that most questions I get on a property visit are ones I’ve heard before. How often should I water? Why does my lawn go brown in July? What’s the white stuff growing in the corner? I’ve got answers ready because I’ve seen the same situations repeat across hundreds of … Read more
It was a Tuesday night in late July. I’d had a full day — five properties, drove across half of Greater Sudbury, got home around seven. By eleven I was done. Phone on the nightstand, ready to be off for the night. Then a text came in. It was from a customer I’d been cutting … Read more