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Some early summer impression from my homeland. Agriculture forms the landscape around. Typical is rape seed that gives a dominant yellow to the land. It corresponds perfect with the blue sky and - yellow mixed with blue - green grass and trees.
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I have been quiet for a few days as I have spent the weekend at the BirdFair but here is a freshly-emerged second brood Green-veined White butterfly that I took during the week. Green-veined White is the country cousin of the two garden whites (Large White and Small White). The two "Cabbage Whites" lay their eggs on cultivated members of the cabbage family (Cruciferacea) whereas Green-veined White lays on Crucifers such as Cuckoo Flower and Garlic Mustard. These plants are called Crucifers (=cross bearers) because the flowers have four petals in the shape of a cross. The scientific name of Green-veined White is Pieris napi. Pieris was one of the Muses who lived on Mount Pierus close to Mt Olympus. Napi is after Rape (Brassica napum) though this foodplant is more likely to be used by the two Cabbage Whites. Green-veined Whites are distinguished from the Cabbage Whites by the grey/green shading that traces the hindwing venation.
Driving along to fetch my daughter I noticed that the rape field was looking good so stopped and grabbed a shot. Hope you like it and thanks for all your comments. I value them highly my friends and I love looking at yours.
Great dog walking place, however we have lost Milo once in the rape seed fields, luckily he managed to find his way home (before i got home) - he did look very yellow though!! I think he went chasing after a deer or fox and with the rape seed being so tall he couldn't see me!
今年は例年より雪が多かったので、やっとここで菜の花が咲きました。
Due to the heavier snowfall than usual this year, the rapeseed flowers have finally bloomed here.
Photo taken outside Freilassing, Bavaria. Hochstaufen and Zwiesel in the Chiemgau Alps in the background.
Viewed from the Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire, England. The brilliant yellow rape seed fields dominate the view with the sun on the hills in the background.
I pass this on my way home from work and have been waitingfor a decent evening to get a photo of it.The evening I finally have toime it was not great with lots of dullness.
My first ever successful panoramic!
Woohoo! I would like to thank CS3 for stitching and blending it all together for me.
Very happy with the results, another box to tick on the first's list.
A wonderful village in Lincolnshire, East Barkwith, hosted an art exhibition and raffle etc. We (Beverley Naturalists) had to try the tea and cakes! One of our members won the first prize of a (super) garden seat but couldn't get it home so swapped for the second prize.
Many hectares of rapeseed (canola) are grown in Bulgaria around the Slavyanavo area.
Canola is a name applied to edible oilseed rape. This plant belongs to the mustard family along with 3,000 other species. Close relatives of this crop have been cultivated for food since the earliest recordings of man. Rapeseed has been important to Europe since the 13th century as a source of food and oil for fuel. Rapeseed production became popular in North America during World War II as a source of lubricants. Its oil has the property of adhering well to moist metal, making it an ideal lubricant for marine engines.
The name "canola" was registered in 1979 by the Western Canadian Oilseed Crushers Association to describe "double-low" varieties. Double low indicates that the processed oil contains less than 2% erucic acid and the meal less than 3 mg/g of glucosinolates. Erucic acid is a fatty acid that has been related to heart disease. Glucosinolates have breakdown products that are toxic to animals. Both characteristics make rapeseed products poor candidates for animal consumption.
In the early 1960s, Canadian plant breeders isolated single lines free of erucic acid and began programs to develop double low varieties.
Today annual worldwide production of canola is approximately 7.5 million tons on 4 million acres. Canada accounts for 15% of the world production and the European Economic Community for nearly 17%. The United States produces less than 1% of the world production. Minnesota and North Dakota are the major U.S. production states with about 20,000 acres. Canola ranks 5th in production among the world's oilseed crops following soybeans, sunflowers, peanuts and cottonseed.
Slavyanavo, Bulgaria