The Landing

Today I visited The Landing which is a three rivers park. On special days they have costumed reenactments of frontier life. I spent a couple of hours walking along the Minnesota River and looking at all the buildings. They had houses, shops, school houses, a train depot and some barns. Most of the buildings were moved to this location from other cities. One fine house was from the Cedar Riverside area of Minneapolis where the tall apartment towers now stand.

There were loads of bees buzzing around. On my way back to my car I saw 2 bee keepers wearing white suits, gloves, hats and nets. They were using a smoking device and taking out the slides covered with honey. I was going to watch them for a while until I noticed the taller bee keeper's pants were too short. Two inches of bare lower leg were showing. That was an accident waiting to happen so I kept walking. I could tell that sometimes chickens, sheep, pigs, and cows are kept here but the animals weren't here now.

In the merchant store I saw two ads for invasive species.

The ad reads: These cold hardy plants will provide excellent fencing and form strong hedge rows for stock and field. Buckthorn will establish quickly and can bear pruning better than any other shrub grown for this purpose. Hedges will produce leaves early in the spring and retain them well into fall. Buckthorn will not be damaged by animals or insects. These plants are easy to propagate by seed, it as if they plants themselves.