Last July we had a stretch where the temperature hit 31 degrees and stayed there for about a week. No rain. Humid. The kind of heat that sits on everything and doesn’t move. I was out on properties every day that week, and my phone was going off constantly. Texts, missed calls, voicemails. Homeowners across … Read more
Mowing seems like the simplest part of lawn care. Show up, run the mower over it, done. And in one sense, yeah — it is straightforward. But the way you mow, how often you mow, and the habits you build around it have a bigger impact on the long-term health of your lawn than most … Read more
I service properties across all of Greater Sudbury — Garson, Hanmer, Val Caron, Lively, Azilda, Capreol, and Sudbury itself. Every area has its own character. Different neighbourhoods, different property sizes, different soil conditions, different homeowner expectations. Chelmsford is one of the areas I’ve come to think about differently from the rest. Not because the grass … Read more
Every time I pull up to a new property in Greater Sudbury, before I say anything about pricing or services, I do a quick walk of the lawn. Five minutes, same things every time. By the end of it I almost always know the answer to the question the homeowner is really asking — which … Read more
After every sod installation we do in Greater Sudbury, the first question I get — usually within a day or two — is some version of: “How long until it’s rooted? When can we walk on it? Is it supposed to look like this?” All fair questions. New sod is an investment and people want … Read more
Every summer around mid-July, I start getting the same calls. The rain has stopped, the heat has settled in, and people are looking at their lawns going yellow and brown wondering what they’re supposed to do about it — especially when they don’t have a sprinkler system. Here’s the thing: a dry July in Sudbury … Read more
If you’ve moved into a new build in Sudbury — or anywhere in Greater Sudbury, really — and your lawn is a mess, you’re not alone and you didn’t do anything wrong. This is one of the most common situations I get called into, and there’s a very specific reason it happens almost every time. … Read more
I want to be upfront about something before I get into this: I’m not going to sit here and tell you that cheaper grass cutting is always a bad idea. That would be dishonest, and it’s not how I think about this. What I am going to do is tell you what the tradeoffs actually … Read more
Before we start any job — before I quote anything, before a single piece of equipment comes off the truck — there’s usually a conversation I have with the homeowner first. It’s not a sales pitch. It’s the stuff I’d want someone to tell me if I were standing in their shoes, looking at their … Read more
There’s almost always one spot in a Sudbury yard that nobody knows what to do with. It’s usually in a corner, often under a big tree or along a fence line — permanently shaded, perpetually damp, and covered in a thick green carpet of moss that refuses to budge no matter what you throw at … Read more