As residents of DC, we are often frustrated by the slow response on behalf of the District’s agencies to solving problems that threaten our basic quality of life. Many of us may have wished for a chance to bend the Mayor’s ear and tell her what we’d fix around our neighborhood. ANC 6B10 commissioner Denise […]
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 […]
Although it’s only mid-October, many of the trees around the neighborhood are starting to lose their leaves. The Department of Public Works (DPW), in addition to handling your trash collection and your car towing… uh.. needs, also handles leaf collection around the neighborhood. The site should be updated soon for the 2015-2016 season, but if […]
Fall foliage is beautiful – while it’s still on the trees. When all those leaves gradually fall to the ground (or are pelted down all at once by a rain storm) we feel compelled to gather them into piles. You can do many things with these piles. You can jump in them, completely negating your raking, […]
A reader sent us an email that I wanted to share, along with some information about what to do in the event you’re worried that the tree in your tree box may pose a danger to your property.