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General: 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. 2016
As of August 2017 the main work is to clear southward from the breach in Area2 along the field side of the drain.

Area 1

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: 2017

• strong>October 16th Area1yellow 0

• strong>September 25th Area1blue 8 and 15 on neighbours bund north
• strong>September 25th Area1yellow 42: 11 in the south west corner including two further east along the wall accessed from Trekensa Gardens, where there are thousands growing and 29 from the usual strip on the east of the top part of the field.

• August 30th Area1blue 16 and
  Neighbours field 16
  Area1 59 A surprise to find a patch in the south west corner of the field, must have seeded a year ago at least, so will use the brushcutter to clear the area and thence keep an eye on it for a few years.
• August 3rd
  Area1yellow 36
  Area1green 8
  Area1blue 16
  Neighbours field 6

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• July 19th:
  Area1green 1 in south-west
  Area1blue 19
• July 12th:
  Area1yellow 57
  54 were in small area in ferns by the pine trees. Probably all seeded from a single plant missed last year. 3 others, just over midway down, just above the drain.
• July 7th:
  Area1Blue 13
  Area1Green 3
  and 44 from neighbours boundary within 2 metres.
• July 7th: Cleared path across low part of far field and all the bund 2T
  Cut through half a dozen or so balsams
• July 5th: Cleared path across south of far field 1T
• July 2nd: 1 In the south east corner

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• June 17th: Cleared path across far field 1T
• June 15th: Cleared path across small triangle field and back 1T
• June 14th ~ 15th & May 23rd: Cleared path across triangle field (4hr)

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Links to other areas by page no.

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There are four crops to beans.

1. Broad beans for their seeds
2. Runner and other beans whole pods before the bean seeds form to any significant degree
3. Podded beans from 2 above, before they mature and begin to dry on the 'vine'
4. Dried Beans from all types

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Year: 2026

• Borlotti
• Broad Beans
• Cobra (Light and Dark)
• Cobra (Speckled & Black)
• Lima Beans
• Peas
• Runners
• Trail of Tears
• Bean Fenced Area

Mix.Up

•  May 20th: get 32 mixed to see if any hybrids are viable 

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Year: 2025

• Borlotti
• Broad Beans
• Cobra
• Cobrotti
• Lima Beans
• Peas
• Runners
• Trail of Tears
• Spec-C
•    New   
• Dried Beans
• . . . Areas Planted . . .

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Year: 2024

• Berlotti:
• Broad Beans
• Butter Beans ✘
• Cobra
• Elmoro
• Red Kidney Beans
• Runner Beans
• Trail of Tears
•    New   
• Dried Beans
• . . . Areas Planted . . .

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General Info: Apart from broad beans, which are very standard I have developed some unique crosses and varieties of other common types, Runner Beans, Borlotti, French beans (Cobra), Dwarf French beans and Red Kidney Beans. Runner Beans I have over the years bought a few varieties, most have red flowers and there was one that had a red top and white lower lip. One type was called Enorma and had white seeds.The more common varieties had either a purple or white background with varying amount of darker patches that ranged from speckles to large dark areas, black over the purple and brown over white. This year I have a totally black seeded variety, although I hadn't noticed any dark pods. 2021 ~ Page 3 Here are the same varieties before they dry. The largest the purple ones top-right are some 3cm x 1.5cm these are the ones that turn black, or maybe that should be so dark purple.

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