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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
Explore highest position: 228 on Wednesday, November 26, 2008.
Taken yesterday at Raper Creek, less waterflow then the week before but at least I was able to get a shot from this angle this time. The ice also made a nice addition to the scene.
From my walk yesterday and it was glorious walking through an oil seed rape field with all the bright sunny yellow flowers.
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DESTROYED !!
Over the years I have grown attached to this copse in the middle of a field and today I drove past to discover not a single tree left standing !!
William Blake. 1757–1827
To Spring
O THOU with dewy locks, who lookest down
Through the clear windows of the morning, turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!
The hills tell one another, and the listening
Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turn'd
Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth
And let thy holy feet visit our clime!
Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds
Kiss thy perfumèd garments; let us taste
Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls
Upon our lovesick land that mourns for thee.
O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour
Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put
Thy golden crown upon her languish'd head,
Whose modest tresses are bound up for thee.