A huge thanks to Frank of the New York City Garden blog and his wife for doing a little bit to beautify the neighborhood. They cleared weeds out of three tree pits on their block (pictured above is before on the left, after on the right) and got some seeds ready that they'll transplant into the pits. Also, you can't beat the poop scoop signs he put up! His list of the worst tree pit offenders:
In an attempt to keep the tree pits cleared, I put stakes and twine around the edges (not seen here). Dog walkers leave the biggest nasty in the tree pits, followed by the local feral cats, and then the convenience trash.
The more people that adopt a tree pit in this way, the more neighbors will see and understand the work that goes into them, and maybe that will lead to more respect for the conditions of the streets. Anybody else out there caring for one?
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