Welcome back to part 2, of this 2 part Post, showing Autumn leaves at our Anchorage Condo.
If you have not yet had a chance to read part 1, and wish to do so, please click onto the below link.
https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-2-24-autumn-in-anchorage-2024.html
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Today, Friday the 4th of October, our landscape maintenance team was busy removing the leaves we showed in part 1.
I had no idea they would be here today and was fortunate to hear them busy at work.
The leaf blowers are extremely loud! Clouds of leaves were "flying high".
I have never seen this process.
The leaves in the leaf pile are raked onto a large tarpaulin.
The maintenance team seemed to enjoy me shooting photos!
Back to work guys!
The pile of leaves on the tarpaulin in the photo above are being dragged to the street to be picked up by a truck. You will see details of this further down below.
That pile of leaves is gone! It is history!
Now we move to the leaves immediately just off the back porch of our Condo.
Here the maintenance crew comes, heading our way!
Just look at those leaves flying! The noise was also substantial!
Volia! The leaves are gone from the Green Strip behind our Condo. Well they are gone at least until more leaves fall. But I doubt the maintenance crew will be back this year to clear more leaves.
Patti "dead heading" and caring for her beloved flowers.
Now we will see how the leaves are transported out of our neighborhood.
Voila!
What a process this turned out to be. This was the first time that I have seen this. I just "lucked out" and was able to see it up close and personal!
The next two photos were taken several days later when the leaf clean up crew revisited our area.
Let's move up closer and get a good look at the process of loading the leaves into the truck.
The very large black hose is a powerful suction hose that sucks the leaves that had been collected onto the tarp.
The leaves are fed into the suction hose.
Do you see our white Chevrolet Suburban in the background of the below photo?
Where are the leaves taken once they are loaded into the truck?
It depends 100% upon who owns the truck. The City of Anchorage (CofA) or a private contractor hired by the CofA. The CofA work crews dispose of them in city owned dump sites, from ordinary sanitary land fill areas to other city owned dumps.
The private contractors are free to dispose of the leaves as they wish provided they do not break CofA Ordinances governing dumps.
Due to CofA Ordinances, the leaves are not used for mulch because of the odor that would arise therefrom.
Whew! What a process.
We hope you found it interesting.
Cap and Patti
I wonder what happens to the leaves after they leave your area?
ReplyDeleteAh Hah.. Gullible, we are going to ask The Shadow! When the opportunity presents itself, we also will inquire about the end destination of the leaves. Smiles .. Cap and Patti
DeleteAfter publishing this Post, in response to Gullible's above comment, I asked a City of Anchorage employee, who is involved with leaf removal, where are the leaves taken. He explained the process. I have revisited this Post and answered Gullible at the end of the Post. Cap
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