I can usually tell within the first five minutes of walking a property whether it’s had consistent ownership and consistent care — or whether it’s changed hands a few times and each owner started over from scratch. It’s not always obvious from the street. A lawn that’s had three owners in ten years can look … Read more
Most new homeowners in Greater Sudbury do the same thing with their lawn in the first year. They mow it. They water it when it looks dry. They maybe pick up a bag of fertilizer at Canadian Tire and throw it down sometime in May. And then they wonder why, twelve months later, the lawn … Read more
July is when you really see what a lawn is made of. In May everything looks okay. The grass is coming out of dormancy, everything is green, and even a struggling lawn gets a temporary reprieve from all the moisture and mild temperatures. But July in Sudbury is a different story. By mid-July we’ve usually … Read more
When I started out, I had a fertilizer recommendation I gave almost every customer. Balanced NPK — nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium — applied in spring and again in fall. Standard timing. Standard product. It was what most lawn care advice recommends, and for a while I didn’t question it much. Then I started paying closer attention … Read more