“We thank Thee for those who laid out the field, marked out the farms, cleared the ditches and made the roads.” From “The Cotswold Prayer of Praise”
Back in the month of May this year, my husband and I walked through the green rolling hills of the Cotswolds countryside, visiting churches and villages, strolling through pastures of sheep and horses and cows, and enjoying the various landscapes of big trees, farms with crops, flowers and gardens, open grassy areas, forests, and rivers and streams. To add a large splash of color to the scenery, occasionally we would see in the distance, or literally walk right next to, seas of bright yellow fields of rapeseed in bloom.
The black seeds of the yellow rapeseed plant are used to make cooking oils, sometimes labeled as vegetable oil, canola oil, or rapeseed oil. Related to the broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower family, there apparently might be some health benefits to rapeseed oil, such as being a source of vitamin E, a natural antioxidant. Rapeseed is the third most important crop grown in the UK, after wheat and barley.*
Now I have always been partial to bright yellow fields of sunflowers in bloom, but I must say, that I am definitely impressed by the bright yellow fields of rapeseed in bloom that we saw walking in the Cotswolds.
Sweet Travels!
For other blogs from our Cotswolds travel, including the various landscapes, churches, and sheep, please visit my Cotswolds category.
*Some information for this blog obtained from Rapeseed Oil Benefits.