I started Cutting Edge Lawn in 2020. I’d been working on lawns before that — helping out, learning, picking things up — but 2020 was the first year I was running jobs myself, making the calls, giving the quotes, and being accountable for the results. I made a lot of mistakes that year. 47 is … Read more
I got a text message at 1:45pm on a Wednesday in early June. It was from a customer in Lively — a guy who does his own lawn care but follows me for tips and occasionally asks questions. The message had three photos attached and one line of text. “Ryan what is happening to my … 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 went out to Azilda in early June last year to look at a property that a homeowner — I’ll call her Patricia — had been working on for four years. She’d called me because the lawn wasn’t getting better. Not dramatically worse, but not better either. Year after year, she put time and money … Read more
Her name was Linda. She called me on a Thursday morning in September and the first thing she said was: “I don’t understand. I watered it all summer. I fertilized it in June. I had it cut every two weeks. And it looks worse now than it did in April.” I told her I’d come … 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
Hey, I’m Ryan Lingenfelter — owner of Cutting Edge Lawn & Landscaping in Garson, Ontario. Since 2020, I’ve been cutting lawns all across Greater Sudbury — Garson, Val Caron, Hanmer, Lively, Chelmsford, Azilda, Capreol. Hundreds of properties over five springs. And every July, I get the same phone call. “Ryan, my lawn was looking great … Read more