QUINCY — Outdoor remodeling projects and other home renovations have become popular with people spending more time at home and around their yard during the pandemic.

Cade Yamamoto, owner of Rising Sun Industries, a full-service landscaping maintenance and installation company in Quincy, said his company has stayed surprisingly busy through the pandemic. Yamamoto and his crew laid sod on Aug. 14 as an outdoor project came together in the developing Crescent Ridge Ranch neighborhood near the Crescent Bar area.

He said renovations and work on gardens, or outdoor living spaces in general, have been especially popular this year.

“I think just knowing they’re home, and they’re going to be home, they’re just setting themselves up to have that outdoor living space,” Yamamoto said. “Maybe, they’ve been thinking about it and have the vacation budget, or whatever, and now they’re not using it.”

While he doesn’t know an exact percentage, Yamamoto said he has seen a lot of people starting things that were dream projects or projects they had put on the back burner. People are picking up a lot of projects on their own as well, whether it be victory gardens or homeowner-installed fences, he said.

Yamamoto said garden work became so popular that his own commercial topsoil supplier was forced to accommodate the need.

“They mainly do commercial work and commercial supplying, but they actually had to create a residential area because they’ve had so much interest in topsoil,” Yamamoto said.

Rising Sun Industries deals with a large number of vacation homes, he said. With many of the vacation home owners working remotely now, Yamamoto said, a lot of them have essentially moved into their vacation residence for the time being.

“Because they’re here and not just going out on the boat and doing that sort of thing, they’re actually at the house for months at a time,” Yamamoto said. “Now, they’re putting a lot of effort into expanding that usual space.”

Over the past few months, Yamamoto said, his company has been able to work on some pretty interesting projects. A recent patio and outdoor living space remodel saw his company pulling up 800 square feet of grass where a new patio, fire pit, and outdoor kitchen area would come in for a residential project.

Another project he said he enjoyed watching come together isn’t as easily noticed. Yamamoto said his company worked on installing a new subsurface irrigation system at a residence recently, with a drip hose system underground to provide a more efficient way of irrigating the ground.

Early on, Yamamoto said, there was a bit of a lull when the pandemic struck. With people spending more time at home, or just looking to trim their expenses, he said a lot of routine maintenance plans were canceled or reduced. Luckily, he said, the new projects and installations have kept their schedule full.