Himalyan BalsamUpdated: September 2nd, 2015
Created: May 30th, 20142013: Detail of Work for Area 1(Red, Yellow, Green, Blue)
8th July
Managed to clear the site in a day, and counted.
Morning: Pulled 180 from [Red] area. A bit surprised that most of the plants were from the southern edge of the field reaching halfway to the west.
Evening: Pulled 309 from the [Yellow] area.
13th July Small foray into [Green] area: Pulled some from along the boundary to the north and the odd few further out in that area.
16th July Cleared [Red and Yellow] areas and a little to the south west of [Red], totalling 180.
20th July Found 3 in [Yellow] and pulled 235 from [Green].
21st July Found 2 in [Yellow] by the drainage ditch whilst pulling 271 from {Green]. Later in the evening slashed the north and most of, including a large patch adjacent, the east margin.
25th July In the evening broke the slasher doing the southern margin of [Green area] so carried on pulling out the rest. This area is mostly clear now.
26th July
Morning (Yellow:22, Red:20)
Evening Pulled all weed along western edge of the [Blue] patch at least 3 metres wide and crossed the ditch to pull a few from the Yellow patch.
9th August I was a bit concerned about not working in Area 1 for a week but it seems fine. No seeding plants and only took a couple of hours to clear the site of visible plants. ( Red:3, Yellow:13, Blue:112)
10th August Cleared most of Green patch. I pulled 400 plants, most from the eastern edge, adjacent the drain, and north, adjacent the fence. There is still more to do and the number means very little given the small size of many and such vulnerable areas.
22nd August (Red:37, Yellow:89) I got the areas wrong so the figures are approximate. However the overall figure is exact.
24th August (Yellow:15) Cleared the northern half of the Green patch
25th August (Yellow:1) Cleared most of the southern half of the Green patch, but as i get to the souther edge there is a lot to remove.
29th August (Yellow:2) Cleared the Blue patch, but the width and edge are very variable.
5th September (Yellow:64) Cleared the Green and extended the Blue.
6th September (Red:14, Yellow:36)
20th September (Red:35, Yellow:146)
21st September (Yellow:5) Cleared most of the green patch, about 100 odd ones and a few hundred from the north and eastern edges. Still more to do at the south eastern edge and the southern part generally isn't clear at all as defined on the map. Also am concerned about the neighbour's field to the north.
23rd September (Red:2, Yellow:16) Cleared most of the blue patch, some 300 to 400.
26th September (Yellow:6) Cleared eastern edge of green patch, some hundreds.
8th October (Red;12. Yellow:43) Cleared western edge of green patch and all of blue patch.
- Intro to Himalayan Balsam (page1)
- Area 1(page 2) is the land starting at the far north (Riverland) and working from inland to the river and then south.
- Area 2(page 4) formerly Sites 3 and 6, is the land from the boat northwards towards Area 1. Page 5 is the diary of work.
- Area 3(page 6) formerly Sites 4 and 5 is the land from the boat westward and includes the main SSSI reed bed, The Southern Marsh. Page 7 is the diary of work.