Most of the calls I get are from homeowners. But a few times a month, it’s a property manager — sometimes a strata corporation, sometimes a commercial building owner, sometimes someone managing a multi-unit rental property across Greater Sudbury. And almost every one of those calls starts with the same problem: they got quotes that … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 I walk onto a property and I can usually tell within two minutes what’s wrong with the lawn. Not because I have some special talent. Because lawns communicate. The colour, the texture, the pattern of where … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 July hits and I start getting the calls. Not the excited spring calls. The worried ones. “Ryan, my lawn was looking great in June. Now it’s going yellow. Did I do something wrong?” Or the opposite … Read more
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