Himalayan Balsam: 2016Updated: June 9th, 2019
Created: May 27th, 2016General: Work covers the fields that stretch some 1.1Km along the river. Areas are labelled {1,2,3 and 4} and page numbers respectively show a map of the area and the work carried out. 2015
Area 1 (Cleared completely 16th August 2016)
Area 1 is partitioned as follows:
yellow Part of the top field east to the drainage channel of the lower field.
green This is the lower field, between west, south and east drainage channels.
blue The line indicates the western edge of the bund
orange Not a part of the Riverland fields but cleared as it encroaches upon it.
Diary: 2016
- September 6th
Area1blue 74 and 8 from neighbours field
- August 16th
Area1green 254 Moving north from south east corner along edge of drain.
Area1green 294 Moving north from south east corner along edge of drain. Reached middle way and completed clearing field. - August 15th
Area1green 233 Pulled from south east corner, 2 of them from half way back across the field, lost secateurs somewhere there :( - August 14th
Area1green 1 from mid north adjacent drain
Area1green 6 from mid adjacent drain
Area1green 97 from south east corner
Area1green 209 from south east corner, moving north. Still quite a patch to clear and a bit late in the season as seed heads are popping - August 7th
Area1blue 108 Pulled from north half of bund
Area1blue 140 Pulled from south half of bund - August 5th
Area1yellow 4 (mid)
Area1blue 45 - August 5th
Area1yellow 9 (south)
- July 5th
Area1blue Cleared the inlet with the shredder. (ELF part and some of rest. Although small in area, was strenuous and used a full tank of fuel. - June 27th
Area1blue Cleared remainder of the bund apart from a small patch by the inlet which would be better done with the shredder. - June 17th
Area1blue Cleared the bund from north to south about halfway to where the cover the bund. Apart from an odd patch, shoreside of the bund there were only half a dozen in the area cleared last year.
Links to other areas by page no.