Lindbergh Crosswalk Update

New Crosswalk Under Construction for Lindbergh Drive

The Georgia Department of Transportation has begun a pedestrian crosswalk across Lindbergh Drive, and it is moving along quickly. It is on track to be complete in July.

The crosswalk was designed as a Rapid Flashing Beacon, so it will be equipped with flashing lights to warn drivers to stop when it is in use.

This crossing was specifically designed to connect the Cheshire Farm Trail and Meadow Loop, creating over a mile of trailways for the community.

Take the ActivateATL Survey

The City of Atlanta's Department of Parks and Recreation has launched a comprehensive 10-year aster planning effort, ActivateATL: Recreation and Parks for All! An online survey and a series of ‘listening sessions’ will be held throughout June and July.

These challenging times have shown how critical local greenspaces are for communities. Please join us in sharing your thoughts on how your local greenspaces, parks, and trails can better serve your neighborhood at the Department of Parks and Recreation’s ActivateATL website.

Your feedback will be used to improve your neighborhood parks and help show where more access to greenspace is needed. The ActivateATL website has a lot of resources and data on the initiative and upcoming events.

Help define the Atlanta that you want to see! Your perspectives will help the city decide what upgrades to invest in, what new classes to offer, and where to add new greenspaces for you to enjoy in the decade to come.

By taking the city’s survey, we can all help create ‘ONE Atlanta’ — a city where we all have equal opportunity to play, run, grow, learn, and interact with nature and each other.

City Announces Yard Waste Changes

Pandemic Plan Requires Bags for Yard Waste

The City of Atlanta’s Department of Solid Waste Services recently made a change to yard waste pickup as part of ongoing pandemic plans.

Now all yard waste must be contained in craft paper bags for curbside pickup. Service crews will not pick up and dispose of any yard waste that is simply in a container marked ‘yard waste.’

This is a major change and an inconvenience for some, but it does help keep our city’s essential workers a little more safe. If the situation changes, we’ll post it online here.

UPDATE from CITY OFFICIALS

According to a July 13 alert from NotifyATL, the city has an issue with yard waste pickup. Due to a reduced workforce caused by the pandemic, crews from the Solid Waste Services crews ave been unable to collect yard trimmings since Friday, July 10.

Please leave bagged yard trimmings at the curb and crews will collect as soon as possible with no fines being accumulated during this time. The city and LMMNA appreciates for your patience and if you have questions, please contact ATL311 during normal business hours.

Waste Reminders

  • If you have 20 or more bags of yard waste, it counts as Bulk Waste. You need to call 311 to schedule a pick up.

  • Our neighborhood pick up for garbage, recycling, and yard waste is on Mondays. Please place waste at your curbside by 7 p.m. Sundays to make sure it’s picked up the next day.

  • If your garbage has items that may be contaminated with the COVID virus, please call 311 to schedule special pickup.

For more information, visit the Department of Solid Waste Covid-19 Updates page.

City Contacts for Curbside Service

City of Atlanta Department of Public Works
55 Trinity Avenue SW, Suite 4700
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Customer Service: 311
Tel: 404.330.6240


James A. Jackson, Jr.
Office of the Commissioner
Tel: 404.330.6240
Email: jamesjackson@atlantaga.gov

Gayla Dodson
Program Management Officer, Office of Solid Waste Services
Tel: 404.330.6236
Email: gdodson@atlantaga.gov

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Water Quality Report for 2019

Water Quality Report is Now Available

The City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management (DWM) presented the 2019 City of Atlanta Water Quality Report this month.

The report details the source of Atlanta’s drinking water, its components, and how our water measures up to standards set by regulatory agencies.

The full data is available in a PDF. According to the DWM, our neighborhood gets its water from the Atlanta-Fulton County Water Treatment Plant, which pulls from the Chattahoochee River. It’s jointly owned by the city and the county.

Want to learn more about water quality? Check out the website for the Chattahoochee River Keeper, an environmental advocacy organization dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the Chattahoochee River Basin.

READ: City of Atlanta Water Quality Report 2019

LMMNA Gardening Summer Update

Grow in a New Direction for Hotter Months of the Year

Here’s a series of gardening updates from LMMNA NPU-F Rep Richard Sussman. At the NPU, he is co-chair for Parks, Trees, and Environment.

Rich is a life-long gardener and dedicates a lot of time to helping us with our own green spaces around Lindridge-Martin Manor. Along with his son, Matt, he helped found our LMMNA Community Garden.

Rich also is a Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer. Part of the UGA Cooperative Extension Service, the service and its volunteers post lots of news and info you can use in your gardens and yards in their regular newsletter, Trellis. (Check out back issues at the link.)

The man never stops. Contact him anytime at npu@lmmna.org.

Woody Ornamentals

  • Plant container-grown trees and shrubs. Supplement rainfall so that newly installed plants receive 1” of water per week.

  • Fertilize actively growing trees, shrubs, and ground covers. If you fertilized last month, you may not need any additional fertilizer for the season. Base fertilizer decisions on soil test recommendations.

  • Apply fertilizer by broadcasting under tree canopies and under shrubs and vines. Be sure to shake off any fertilizer that lands on plant foliage. Ideally, apply just before rain or water in the fertilizer after application.

  • Prune conifers that are in the candle stage. Do not prune back to old wood or prune severely.

  • Prune broadleaf evergreens, like Japanese hollies and Chinese hollies, while they are actively growing to maintain formal shape. Note that hollies have bloomed and many berries have already been set on female plants. Pruning now will reduce the number of berries.

  • Prune out any storm-damaged or dead limbs as soon as you notice them.

  • Prune spring-blooming shrubs, like forsythia and azaleas, after they finish blooming. You’ll want to finish pruning these shrubs this month. Renewal pruning can continue this month in North Georgia, but should stop in southern parts of the state.

  • Mulch planting beds for weed control and moisture conservation. Remember to apply thinly (no more than 1”) around trunks of trees and shrubs.

  • Control emerged weeds by hand or with herbicides (follow label directions). Avoid herbicide contact with green bark or foliage of trees and shrubs. Monitor environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and wind, to avoid damage from herbicide drift.

  • Scout for diseases on trees and shrubs (azalea and camellia leaf gall; fireblight in pear, pyracantha, and crabapple; cedar apple rust in crabapple; downy and powdery mildew; entomosporium leaf spot; black spot on roses; botrytis), but be sure to get a diagnosis and Extension recommendation before attempting to treat.

  • Scout for insects on trees and shrubs (aphids, fall webworm, bagworms, dogwood borers, lace bugs, leaf miners, mealy bugs, thrips, and scales)

Herbaceous Plants

  • Plant summer-flowering bulbs, such as dahlias, cannas, caladium, agapanthus, and gladiolus. Replace cool-season annuals with summer annuals.

  • Plant perennials. Monitor moisture daily to ensure they do not dry out before establishment. Perennials establish best when planted before vigorous growth occurs.

  • Plant annual and perennial herbs. Monitor moisture daily to ensure they do not dry out before establishment.

  • Sow warm-season annual seeds in garden beds. Fertilize annuals at planting. If using a general fertilizer, such as 10-10-10, mark your calendar to fertilize again in 6 to 8 weeks. If using a slow-release fertilizer, mark your calendar to fertilize again in 8 to 10 weeks.

  • Liquid fertilizer applications can supplement granular or slow-release fertilizers, especially for container gardens and hanging baskets that are watered frequently. Fertilize actively growing perennials at least once this year.

  • Deadhead any spent flower blossoms. Scout for insects and diseases. Hand-weed for weed control. Mulch planting beds for weed control and moisture conservation. As foliage dies naturally, cut back daffodil and any other spring-blooming bulb foliage.

Fruits & Vegetables

  • Harvest of cool-season spring crops, such as lettuce, chard, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and spring English and sugar snap peas) is likely coming to a close, especially in southern parts of the state.

  • Asparagus harvest should stop if 40% of your spears are the size of a pencil or smaller.

  • Continue planting warm-season vegetable seeds, such as green and lima beans, squash, corn, pumpkin, okra, and southern peas. Sow successive crops every 2 to 3 weeks.

  • Plant warm-season vegetable transplants, such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons, sweet potatoes, and cucumbers. Water transplants and seedlings, as needed.

  • Hand-weed and cultivate as needed for weed control.

  • Mulch planting beds for weed control and moisture conservation. Keep an eye out for insects (i.e., aphids, cucumber beetles, cabbage loopers, potato beetles) and possible disease (i.e., powdery mildew, early blight).

  • Fertilize young figs in mid-May if grown in low-fertility soils or around many other plants.

  • First- and second-year Muscadine grapes will need a second fertilizer application in late May. Check third-year vines, as well, applying fertilizer in May is the vine has grown well and is producing a crop.

  • First-year bare-root fruit trees will need a second fertilization in May. Apply around the drip line of the growing tree.

Grass and Turf

  • Warm season turf grasses are transitioning into active growth. All the rainfall early this spring has resulted in wet soils which are generally slower to warm as water is a buffer of heat.

  • Fertilization begins, based on soil test results, when soil temperatures at the 4-inch depth are consistently 65F and rising. Remember to split total nitrogen across all applications.

  • Core aeration throughout the state should begin now

  • Begin any turf renovation efforts. These will need to be done by June.

  • Scout for weeds. Since spring green-up is when warm-season grasses are most susceptible to herbicide injury, the mower can serve as a weed control option. If possible, mow regularly.

  • Address summer broadleaf weeds now while they are small and easier to control.

  • Scout for fungal diseases on turf (brown patch, dollar spot). A single fungicide application can protect the grass for four weeks.

  • It is still spring and a second fungicide application will likely be warranted. If application was made in April, then an application now would be protective measure.

Isn’t this clematis pretty?

Isn’t this clematis pretty?