On Sunday, we reported in North Mankato lawn wars: local man cuts lawn buckthorn suckers, sees buckthorn in city park:
Our post from Friday, Mankato Free Press: Borchardts' North Mankato lawn war case heard in Minnesota appeals court, attracted two emails. One reader sent us the recording of the hearing in the Court of Appeals.
We also drew a response from North Mankato preservationist and conservationist Tom Hagen.
He emailed us:
Two weeks out from a hip replacement Ed Borchardt gets a letter from the city claiming there is buckthorn in his yard and that he has 5 days to remove it or the city will do it for him and bill him for the work. I went to his yard to look and found some suckers that had sprouted from a few stumps that Ed had cut down the previous year. There was no buckthorn infestation and the pieces I cut, seen pictured here, laying in the gutter, would maybe fill a paper shopping bag. . . .
Later in the day, walking in the city’s Spring Lake Park [link added], I took the other two pictures. Hundreds of full- grown buckthorn, many with the berries that birds will deposit everywhere and will result in further infestations. Maybe the city needs to send themselves a letter demanding removal in 5 days…and I’d like to see the staff that sent Ed Borchardt the removal order for his house to pay the cost of the city's removal! This is harassment!
Today, Hagen sent another email and more pictures:
This morning 3 trucks and 4 workers showed up in Spring Lake Park in the heat to remove buckthorn. A few pictures are included. . . .
One photo is at the top of this post; another below, of a worker on the project.
Photos: Supplied by North Mankato resident Tom Hagen.
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