I need to be upfront about something before I start. I run a lawn care company. I’ve maintained hundreds of properties across Greater Sudbury since 2020. I write articles about what happens to lawns when they don’t get proper care. And then, two summers ago, I let my own lawn go for an entire season. … Read more
I’ve been doing this work long enough that I know what a certain kind of phone call sounds like before it even starts. There’s a specific tone people use when they’re embarrassed about their property. They talk faster than they need to. They over-explain. They apologize before I’ve seen anything. They say things like “I … Read more
Every spring I get a call that goes roughly like this. “Ryan, we had a crazy year. Nobody cut the lawn. Nobody did anything. It’s… bad. I don’t even know where to start.” Life happens. A health issue, a work stretch that took over everything, a summer where the family was somewhere else and the … Read more