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Crews were out early this morning on Avenue A to plant several new trees on the west side between Sixth Street and Fourth Street...
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A new tree also arrived on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue, where someone has already fashioned a homemade urban tree etiquette sign...
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The trees are via the Department of Parks & Recreation. Their website has a map showing where all the new trees are coming for this neighborhood ... and others citywide.
welcome, little trees!
ReplyDeleteAnd there are new trees in the pits outside the Death Star, too.
ReplyDeleteI would add "Crusties" to that sign, but that's just me...
ReplyDeleteWhy not a nice little fence around each tree to prevent dog owners from letting their dogs pee?
ReplyDeleteAnon, 12:05,
ReplyDeleteThat would be great! Each of those tree guards cost over $400; the only way to get them is by private donations to your block association tree committee. In the mean time dog owners please take note that dog pee kills the trees and roots. They need fresh water.
My first thought upon seeing the pic/headline was "isn't it early for xmas trees?!"
ReplyDeleteI was happily surprised by the appearance of a new tree outside our front door. Three years ago the tree that had been there was cut down because of some health issue it was having. But it took three years and the same number of requests to get a new tree planted. But I am glad it is here now.
ReplyDeleteWe use the
ReplyDeleteWamBam Fence Zippity Garden Fence
for our tree, a Green Vase. It keeps away the dogs, bicycles, and people and it's simple to install ($75 on Amazon).
They say you should water your new tree now and then.
A lot of people don't care what the sign says; I asked a guy why he was letting his dog pee in the plants—daffodils—on my block, and he said casually, "He likes to go there."
ReplyDeleteFor people like that, I wish there was a device that would administer an electric shock to the owner whenever his dog peed in decorative plantings; for some people, that's the only way they'll learn.
7:16am, 12:05pm here. $400 sounds like alot but isn't it you look at the long-term cost-benefit like this:
ReplyDelete$400 by 40 years = $10 a year.
Any time lapse films of trees out there (from sapling to ol' tree :)