tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post5116043499857654102..comments2024-03-28T11:43:03.678+01:00Comments on wcs: Our local oil fieldwcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13033715725147547552011-04-04T09:00:53.870+02:002011-04-04T09:00:53.870+02:00susan, sorry they make you suffer.
craig, it real...susan, sorry they make you suffer.<br /><br />craig, it really is pretty on the rolling hills around here.<br /><br />john-san, I like the vibrant yellow, especially since it blooms so soon after the drab winter.<br /><br />jean, you're not used to such bright stuff up there, are you! ;) Do you mind the fields of sunflowers and poppies?<br /><br />mark, so true!<br /><br />melinda, I guess they would! I've never seen them from the air.<br /><br />diogenes, one way is if you actually see the wires hooked into the battery (they use car batteries to power the fences). One grower told me that he would tie a rag around the pole near where we walk when he turns the power on.<br /><br />buddy, I guess they grow it on a much larger scale in Canada! I looked up the history a few years ago when I did my first blog post about canola; very interesting!<br /><br />starman, and we don't even have a cee-ment pond!<br /><br />mike, I remember the mustard in the vineyards up in Napa and Sonoma.<br /><br />cheryl, who could forget those? :)wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-37207198215211610602011-04-04T06:59:37.330+02:002011-04-04T06:59:37.330+02:00ckb,
You are forgetting the poppies. Vast fields ...ckb,<br />You are forgetting the poppies. Vast fields of red are stunning!<br />caCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170098781777190491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-23706991802458006492011-04-03T21:20:14.988+02:002011-04-03T21:20:14.988+02:00Colza and sunflowers are our color splotches aroun...Colza and sunflowers are our color splotches around the Loire Valley. It's good that they don't bloom at the same time.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13630413253047228502011-04-03T20:08:31.987+02:002011-04-03T20:08:31.987+02:00Here is southern California in the spring we have ...Here is southern California in the spring we have wild mustard plant, it looks a bit like your photo. It is all over the hills and puts on quite a show. BTW when Canola oil was first being sold in the U.S. a few decades ago it was called "Rapeseed Oil" it didn't have a nice sound so they came up with Canola.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903150759996794753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-2347366369844653722011-04-03T19:53:32.177+02:002011-04-03T19:53:32.177+02:00In bed at 9:30? You really are country folk.In bed at 9:30? You really are country folk.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-20945908314495893192011-04-03T19:45:20.815+02:002011-04-03T19:45:20.815+02:00Beautiful pic! I hadn't heard the term "c...Beautiful pic! I hadn't heard the term "colza" before. Driving through the Canadian prairies, it's just stunning to see millions of acres of canola in bloom. <br /><br />How about a botany history lesson? "Canola" is a specific cultivar of rapeseed developed in Canada. (<b>Can</b>adian <b>o</b>i<b>l</b>, low <b>a</b>cid.) The name was changed in the late 70s for improved marketability.Buddy Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052407067718899985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-57738743690630547022011-04-03T17:49:20.107+02:002011-04-03T17:49:20.107+02:00Lovely field, and the trees are budding out behind...Lovely field, and the trees are budding out behind. Spring is busting out all over.<br /><br />How do you know when they've turned the power on to the fences?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-55942866780045277662011-04-03T15:46:07.077+02:002011-04-03T15:46:07.077+02:00the fields of yellow really stand out when seen fr...the fields of yellow really stand out when seen from the air....i think they're gorgeousmelindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-7535583815561704382011-04-03T14:54:03.413+02:002011-04-03T14:54:03.413+02:00A little extra walking is good for the heart.
Your...A little extra walking is good for the heart.<br />Your Friend, m.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049586061176648341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-85335692346707195932011-04-03T12:28:32.827+02:002011-04-03T12:28:32.827+02:00OOPS ! I meant in the fields, not in your photo, w...OOPS ! I meant in the fields, not in your photo, which is, as usual, super.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-4400109418343701912011-04-03T11:50:05.227+02:002011-04-03T11:50:05.227+02:00I find the vast expanses of vivid yellow uncomfort...I find the vast expanses of vivid yellow uncomfortable to look at.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-67818116982523173462011-04-03T11:07:18.565+02:002011-04-03T11:07:18.565+02:00For me this colour is too strong - its odour is a...For me this colour is too strong - its odour is also overpowering. An alien in the landscape.john-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067198825182586195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-14201672927412678852011-04-03T09:53:11.919+02:002011-04-03T09:53:11.919+02:00@Susan, do you think people really have allergies ...@Susan, do you think people really have allergies to oilseed rape pollen. I know I don't — it doesn't bother me at all. Other kinds of pollen do, but none are really local.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13835484310024126352011-04-03T08:42:05.910+02:002011-04-03T08:42:05.910+02:00I love rape seed oil fields in bloom. They offer s...I love rape seed oil fields in bloom. They offer such a vibrant colour. <br />Lovely.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034726832462755283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-17007867332750127582011-04-03T08:33:03.533+02:002011-04-03T08:33:03.533+02:00Fields of acid yellow hayfever :-)Fields of acid yellow hayfever :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com