Where to ‘mulch’ your tree in Sacramento and Yolo counties
Is the carpet or floor under your Christmas tree looking like this, with all the dropped needles? You may be thinking of taking it down soon. Recycle "real" trees into mulch at one of several places in Sacramento and Yolo counties. Kathy Morrison
It’s the day after Christmas – and that holiday tree is not getting any fresher.
If you celebrated with a fresh Christmas tree, tree farmers thank you. And you have environmentally friendly options of what to do with that cut tree when it comes time to say goodbye.
A real tree (made of wood and leaves, not plastic) can be recycled into mulch for your garden or local parks.
The City of Sacramento as well as Sacramento and Yolo counties turn old trees into mulch that can help save water as well as add nutrients to soil.
For Sacramento residents with curbside trash pick-up, trees can be left in the street or cut up and placed in the green waste container. “The Claw” will pick up trees through Feb. 1. Please keep trees out of bikes lanes and away from storm drains, the city says.
Remember to remove any metal (including nails and tree stands), tinsel, lights or ornaments. For street pick-up, larger trees should be cut into 5-foot lengths or shorter. Flocked trees will be accepted.
Sacramento puts a limit of five trees for holiday street pick-up; if more than five, the load has to be taken to Elder Creek, Kiefer Landfill and the North Area Recovery Station, and that needs some advance preparation. According to Sacramento County, loads in excess of five trees must be issued a voucher and comply with the County’s Annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program requirements in order for the trees to be accepted at no charge. Email SacGreenTeam@SacCounty.gov for more information.
In Sacramento County, several free drop-off events are scheduled:
-- 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3; SMUD Corporation Yard, 6100 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. Get your tree mulched for free and take home the mulch to use in your garden. Bring large trash bags or containers to cart home the mulch.
-- 8 a.m.-6 p.m Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 3 and 4; North Area Recovery Station, 4450 Roseville Road, North Highlands.
-- 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 3 and 4; Kiefer Landfill, 12701 Kiefer Blvd., Rancho Cordova. Directions: From Jackson Highway, go north on Grant Line, then right on Kiefer Boulevard.
-- 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3; Elder Creek Recovery and Transfer, 8642 Elder Creek Road, Sacramento. Directions: From Jackson Highway, go south on Florin Perkins Road, then left on Elder Creek Road.
-- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3; Sacramento Recycling & Transfer Station, 8491 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento. This site is also accepting trees weekdays through Jan. 4, excluding New Year’s Day. Directions: From Jackson Highway, go south on Florin Perkins Road, then right on Fruitridge Road.
-- 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3; Dan Russell Rodeo Arena, Rodeo Park, 200 Stafford St., Folsom.
For more details: https://bit.ly/3YSEqQP
West Sacramento residents can recycle their trees curbside through Jan 22. Just place the tree next to the organics cart on your regular pick-up day.
Help scouts while they help recycle your tree. Cub Scout Pack 49 in West Sacramento is again available (for a donation) to come to your home and pick up your tree for recycling. They plan to pick up trees on two weekends: Dec. 27-28 and Jan. 3-4. Email Pack49Trees@gmail.com for more information and to schedule pick up.
Yolo County residents have two drop-off options:
– WM’s free tree recycling bin will be open daily from 7 a.m to 3 p.m., Dec. 26 through Jan. 9 at 1951 South River Road, West Sacramento.
– Yolo County Central Landfill offers free tree recycling daily from Dec. 26 through Jan. 15 (excluding New Year’s Day), at 44090 County Road 28H, Woodland.
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Garden checklist for week of Jan. 18
Make the most of these rain-free breaks. Your garden needs you!
* Transplant pansies, violas, calendulas, English daisies, snapdragons and fairy primroses.
* In the vegetable garden, plant fava beans, head lettuce, mustard, onion sets, radicchio and radishes.
* Plant bare-root asparagus and root divisions of rhubarb.
* Plant bare-root roses and fruit trees.
* In the bulb department, plant callas, anemones, ranunculus and gladiolus for bloom from late spring into summer.
* Browse through seed catalogs and start making plans for spring and summer.
* Prune, prune, prune. Now is the time to cut back most deciduous trees and shrubs. The exceptions are spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs.
* Now is the time to prune fruit trees, except cherry and apricot trees. Clean up leaves and debris around the trees to prevent the spread of disease.
* Prune roses, even if they’re still trying to bloom. Strip off any remaining leaves, so the bush will be able to put out new growth in early spring.
* Prune Christmas camellias (Camellia sasanqua), the early-flowering varieties, after their bloom. They don’t need much, but selective pruning can promote bushiness, upright growth and more bloom next winter. Give them an acid-type fertilizer. But don’t fertilize your Japonica camellias until after they finish blooming next month. Doing that while camellias are in bloom may cause them to drop unopened buds.
* Clean up leaves and debris around your newly pruned roses and shrubs. Put down fresh mulch or bark to keep roots cozy.
* Divide daylilies, Shasta daisies and other perennials.
* Cut back and divide chrysanthemums.
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