27 Oct 2015

Guides:

What to Do With Your Leaves, Part 2

Hexastylis arifolia (little brownjug)

Photo by Caroline Angelo, from the THIH pool

Last week, when we were still young and full of hope and not so full of leaves that go crunch-crunch-crunch and inconvenience us all, I put together an initial post on what you can start doing with your leaves while the Department of Public Works rolls out their leaf-collection campaign, starting November 2nd, 2015. (You can see the progress of DPW’s campaign on the beautiful interactive map, http://leaf.dcgis.dc.gov)

By the way, you should be getting a 2015-2016 Leaf Collection Brochure in the mail this week. I got mine today and I am waiting for it to appear online (ready whenever you are, dear DPW). For Ward six, I will break my cycle of laziness and tell you all about Cycle 1, which happens all throughout November. Here you go:

Area A: West of 4th Street, North of East Capitol Street

Rake out leaves by Sunday November 1st, expect the vacuum anytime from the 2nd to the 7th.

Area B: East of 4th Street, North of East Capitol Street

Rake out leaves by Sunday November 8th, expect the vacuum anytime from the 9th to the 14th.

Area C: East of 11th Street, 14th Place, West of 19th Street

Rake out leaves by Sunday November 15th, expect the vacuum anytime from the 16th to the 21st.

Area D: West of 11th Street, South of East Capitol Street, Independence Ave.

Rake out leaves by Sunday November 22nd, expect the vacuum anytime from the 23rd to the 28th.

Cycle 2 starts the 29th of November and goes to the 26th of December. Please remember to rake LEAVES ONLY into your tree boxes!

In my last post’s comments, a THIH reader shared with us an alternative to raking your leaves into the tree boxes: Place them in plastic bags and take them to the Virginia Avenue Community Garden, which borders Virginia Avenue SE, 9th and L Streets SE, so they can be turned into compost. We like the simplicity of this, especially for those who may have to do some maintenance leaf collection in between DPW cycles. In her own words, here are the instructions our reader shared (emphasis mine):

I think plastic is a bit better because it won’t disintegrate if we don’t use the leaves right away. If the garden is unlocked you can put it next to the composter, which is the wood box structure directly to your right when you walk in. Or leave by the gate to the garden if it’s not open… Also please don’t put the leaves in the composter (which should be locked anyway). You need to be a member of the compost co-op and undergo training to know how to fill it properly.

Stay tuned for a reminder on DPW’s second cycle of collection!

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