Totals Grounds Management

About Totals Grounds Management

Swan Creek cuts a real ravine through East Tacoma, forested enough in places that it's easy to forget the Puyallup River is just down the hill, sliding out toward the harbor. Totals Grounds Management works the properties along that ravine edge and out toward the river bottom, ground that holds onto cold air longer than the flatter parts of the city because the creek channel traps it there. Managing grounds here means understanding where frost pools and where it doesn't — a slope facing the ravine can stay iced over long after a south-facing lot has gone soft. The crew clears drives and walks with that in mind, working the shaded, low-lying corners first since that's where ice lingers longest. East Tacoma keeps its own microclimate along that creek, and the work follows it rather than fighting it.