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 Last week I drove out to quote a property in Greater Sudbury. Good-sized residential lot, homeowner seemed reasonable on the phone, the area was familiar to me. Nothing about the call suggested any reason not to … Read more
By Ryan Lingenfelter — Owner, Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping · Garson, Ontario · Serving Greater Sudbury since 2020 It was a Wednesday afternoon last summer. I was driving between two properties in Greater Sudbury — running behind, as you often are mid-season — when I passed a man standing in his front yard staring … Read more
She called me in late May. Not to hire me — she was pretty clear about that upfront. She wanted a second opinion. Her lawn had been frustrating her for three years despite what she described as significant effort, and a neighbour had suggested she call me and just talk it through before spending any … Read more
I don’t write about failure often. Not because I don’t experience it — anyone running a small business in a seasonal industry like lawn care does — but because it’s easier to write about the jobs that went well, the lawns that recovered, the customers who sent nice messages. But I’ve been thinking about a … Read more