Let’s say I bought a house in Sudbury tomorrow. Hanmer, Chelmsford, Garson, wherever. And when I walk the backyard for the first time, I see what I see on a lot of properties I quote — long, patchy grass, bare spots, thatch buildup, maybe some standing water in a low corner, weeds filling in wherever … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. She asked me the question while we were walking the back section of her property in Val Caron. We’d been out there for about fifteen minutes. I’d done the screwdriver test, checked the drainage in the low corner, looked at the … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. The call came in mid-August. A homeowner in Garson — I’ll call her Diane — was confused and frustrated. She’d had her lawn aerated in spring. She’d been following a fertilizer program. She’d been watering consistently. In June her lawn had … Read more
`Ryan Lingenfelter reflecting on lawn care advice given to Greater Sudbury Ontario homeowners — Cutting Edge Lawn and Landscaping Garson` I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. I want to tell you about the moment I realized I’d been getting something wrong. Not catastrophically wrong. Not wrong in … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. One of the things I’ve noticed after five years of working properties across Greater Sudbury is that lawn problems aren’t random. They’re geographic. The same issue shows up repeatedly in the same areas — not because of bad luck or bad … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. A homeowner in Garson called me last July. He wasn’t calling because his lawn was dead. He was calling because he was frustrated. His lawn was mediocre — thin in spots, browning out through the dry stretch, not what he wanted. … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. A customer in Val Caron sent me a message in early May. She’d been getting quotes for her backyard — the lawn had been struggling for a few years and she was ready to do something definitive about it. She’d gotten … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. I want to tell you about a street in Hanmer. Three houses in a row. Same builder, same year, same soil underneath, same Sudbury winters. One lawn looks genuinely excellent — thick, green, the kind of lawn you notice when you … Read more
I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. I want to tell you about a call I got in June from a homeowner in Chelmsford. She’d been fighting her lawn for three years. Thin grass. Browning out every July. Bare patches that kept coming back no matter what she … Read more
Hey, I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. Since 2020, my crew and I have worked on lawns all across Greater Sudbury — Garson, Val Caron, Hanmer, Lively, Chelmsford, Azilda, Capreol. And every July and August, I get the same panicked call. “Ryan, half my lawn just died. … Read more