Category: Oil Seed Rape

Oilseed Rape - Nr Ilchester, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4513

Brassica

Bit by bit Somerset seems to be going slightly more yellow.  I’m not talking buttercups, cowslips or even primroses – but brassica plants. Confusing Brassica Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage...

Cadbury Castle - Somerset, UK. ID 810_5513

Cadbury Castle

Cadbury Castle, also known as King Arthur’s Camelot, is a hill fort in South Somerset.  Today it was surrounded by a yellow sea. Oil-Seed Rape Also known as Rapeseed, today this yellow plant is grown across the country...

Cadbury Castle

South Cadbury in Yellow

South Cadbury is a small village next to Cadbury Castle.  The castle is a ancient hill-fort, at the top of the hill, and is often associated with King Author and the legend of Camelot. With...

Blue and Yellow

Colour Field – Yellow

Yellow Oilseed Rape fields at Shapwick. I think these fields are part of Kent Farm, but its hard to know when one farm ends and the next starts. These fields are alongside the Hawk...

Green Field Yellow Field

Green Field Yellow Field

Oil seed rape field on the Mendip Hills.  The brilliant yellow flowers stand-out against the tradition green fields of the English countryside.  Gradually more and more of Britain’s fields are changing colour from green...