Local
The Folsom landscaping calendar, month by month
When to plant, when to build hardscape, when to book a crew, and when to leave the yard alone. A month by month landscaping calendar for Folsom, California.
Field Notes
Shorter pieces, all of them local
The guides cover the big subjects end to end. These are the smaller ones: a season, a neighbourhood, a rule that changed, a tree worth planting. All written for Folsom and the ground around it.
Local
Landscaping a new-build lot south of Highway 50
What a builder hands over on a new Folsom lot, why compacted ground is the first real cost, the two clocks running, and the order to tackle a blank pad in.
Planting
Which shade trees are worth planting in Folsom
Which shade trees are worth planting in Folsom, CA: fast growers, long-term natives, and where to place either one so it shades the wall that matters most.
Local
The rock in your yard is probably from a gold dredge
Why parts of Folsom sit on washed cobble left by gold dredging, what that rock does to planting, digging, and irrigation, and how to work with it instead.
Water
Two watering days a week and what it does to a lawn
Folsom limits irrigation to assigned days. Why doubling run times backfires, what a lawn needs under a restricted schedule, and when to stop trying entirely.
Money
Two quotes, twenty thousand dollars apart, both honest
Why landscape quotes for the same Folsom yard vary by twenty thousand dollars, which buried line items explain the gap, and the seven questions to ask.
Planting
Screening a fence line without waiting ten years
How to make a Folsom back yard feel enclosed without raising the fence, using evergreen screening plants that hold their leaves through a rainless summer.
Thinking about the yard this year?
Ring (916) 282-5150, or send the form, and a local landscaping company prices the work for nothing anywhere around Folsom.