The plants or crops — or whatever was managing to grow there — were removed by an unknown source last week, returning this particular patch of Avenue A to its more familiar state.
Some readers may recall that the tree well enjoyed a brief horticultural renaissance in the spring of 2024, when a resident cleaned out the muck and added a collection of plants.
However, it didn't last, as this tree well seems to be connected to an underground life force bubbling up from the earth's core. (Fact check, please.)
The smell, however, remains. We once described it as "dead vampires" and were quickly called out for it: "Have you ever smelled a dead vampire?"
Dammit.
Anyway.
Nature is healing?
Previously on EV Grieve:
Isn't "dead vampires" an oxymoron?
ReplyDeleteBusted again!
DeleteGrieve have you been hitting that con ed kush
Deletedon't vampires go from undead to dead once they get staked?
DeleteBeen huffing the vapors from the stagnant pool of water ...
DeleteThe flying rats love the stench 🥰
ReplyDeleteDead Vampire the perfume/cologne for the Goth crowd.
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Deleteit was cleaned by Parks Dept
ReplyDelete"Cleaned" seems like the wrong word, somehow. Modified? Reworked? Altered?
DeleteAre we sure it was the Parks Dept? On the UES a preschool was growing corn in a tree bed and Sunday afternoon a mysterious man on a Citibike tore it all up (they have security cam footage from a nearby business). The Parks Dept told the press that they don't tear down tree bed plantings, in fact they encourage them.
DeleteUgh. Due to the soil quality issue this pit might do better with a more mature tree or a woody shrub that can take some abuse. Very challenging
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