Crop Plants on Geograph
Contents
- Crop plants on Geograph
- CEREALS, and harvest
- ROOTS, TUBERS, BULBS & OTHER VEGETABLES
- BRASSICAS
- PEAS, BEANS etc.
- CUCURBITS - Marrows, courgettes, squash, pumpkin, gourds and cucumber
- FODDER & COVER CROPS - grass, hay, silage, turf, clover etc.
- GLASSHOUSE & SALADS
- SOFT FRUIT
- ORCHARD FRUIT, OTHER FRUIT & HOPS
- MISCELLANEOUS
Crop plants on Geograph
A large number of Geograph images depict many different crops, often incidentally as part of the landscape, and often in various stages of growth. Descriptions vary, and the crop may or may not be identified in the description. This article illustrates from Geograph images the main crop plants that may be encountered in the UK, with additional information that may be useful to users. They are arranged in groups of similar type. [the list will not be complete; please let me know of any omissions]CEREALS, and harvest
WHEAT
If you have ever wondered what the difference is between wheat and barley, well here it is clear. Wheat is on the left and barley on the right. Barley has little spikes on the ears.
by Philip Halling
Not sure which variety - it might be Evolution, LG Sundance or Soissons. Most wheat varieties do not have long awns [whiskers] but a few do.
Thanks to Bob Sunter [Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA)] this is most likely to be the cultivar Skyfall, and not one of the three I initially suggested.
Thanks to Bob Sunter [Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA)] this is most likely to be the cultivar Skyfall, and not one of the three I initially suggested.
by M J Richardson
Near Benwick. Most traditional wheat cultivars do not have awns or whiskers, unlike barley and rye, but some do.
by M J Richardson
Not quite ready for the combine.
by M J Richardson
Keep straight ahead and one will come to the path that was used to take the canal boat tug horses over the Blisworth canal tunnel, which has no towpath.
by M J Richardson
BARLEY
If you have ever wondered what the difference is between wheat and barley, well here it is clear. Wheat is on the left and barley on the right. Barley has little spikes on the ears.
by Philip Halling
Winter Barley, judging by its colour at this elevation in mid-July. For detail see NT5666 : Ripening barley at Newlands.
by M J Richardson
A detail of this crop NT5666 : Barley at Newlands.
by M J Richardson
It is not normal to grow these two cereals together, but there is too much of both here to be contamination so presumably they are being grown as mixture for feed of some sort? The barley is light green and whiskery, with flowers in two rows, and the oats darker green with individual flowers.
by M J Richardson
With pasture and the valley of the Cauld Burn beyond.
by M J Richardson
Looking south from the Historic Scotland site on Doon Hill.
by M J Richardson
A very clean field but as I got to the end corner wild oats were beginning to show
by Martin Dawes
OATS
This year this field's crop is oats, a footpath crosses this field to Earl's Croome but hasn't been cleared.
by Philip Halling
Most of the cereal grown in and around the Wolds is barley or wheat, not oats.
by Christine Johnstone
Oats cut by a reaper and binder have been stooked ready for later collection and threshing.
by Alan Murray-Rust
Shared Description
A very clean field but as I got to the end corner wild oats were beginning to show
by Martin Dawes
The cultivation of oats in Lincolnshire is a fairly uncommon practice.
by Jonathan Thacker
Probably the oldest known oat grains, dating from about 2,000 BCE, were found in Egypt. Presumably these were weeds rather than a systematically cultivated crop. The oldest known cultivated oats were found in caves in Switzerland and are believed to date from the Bronze Age. The history of oats is obscure because there are so many different species and subspecies, which makes identification of old remains very difficult. The chief modern centre of greatest variety of forms is in Asia Minor, where most all subspecies are in contact with each other. Oats are chiefly a European and North American crop, with Russia, Canada, the United States, Finland, and Poland being the leading oat producing countries. Not a very common crop these days, oats make up about 3% of the total of cereals grown in the UK today. About half of the oat crop is milled and used for human consumption, the balance is used for animal feed.
by Evelyn Simak
MAIZE - also known as CORN by some, but corn normally refers to the principal cereal of a region, which can differ. The use of corn to refer to maize is an American usage which has become almost universal; Wheat is the 'corn' of lowland Britain, while in Scotland and upland areas 'corn' would more likely be Oats. Most of the Maize grown in Britain will be fodder varieties, rather than sweet corn.
With a patch left unplanted, probably for Stone Curlews, a rare breeding bird that is present in this area.
by Hugh Venables
Looking over a field of maize off Clee Stanton Road, with Titterstone Clee Hill in the background.
by Ian Capper
Dog's eye level view - compare with Link
by Alan Murray-Rust
Approaching Bradgate Country Park through a crop of maize on the path from Anstey. On the skyline is the war memorial and the Old John Tower.
by Jim Barton
OTHER CEREALS -
RYE
It was quite a surprise to see Rye being grown, but there seemed to be quite a lot of it in this area north of Glasgow.
by M J Richardson
In a strip sown at the edge of a crop of winter wheat. All grass flowers have three anthers [bottom left of the spike].
by M J Richardson
A strip of rye separating a field of wheat from a shelterbelt.
by M J Richardson
TRITICALE - A wheat/rye hybrid
The earlier machines simply cut the crop and left it on the ground for gathering by hand into sheaves. By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, an effective knotting mechanism had been devised so that the machine could tie the sheaves as well. These binders, remained in common use until ultimately replaced by the combine harvester in the middle years of the twentieth century. The tractor is a Massey Harris. The crop is a wheat and rye hybrid and there were two machines working the field with a gang of men stacking the sheaves into stooks.
by Maigheach-gheal
The crop is a wheat and rye hybrid called Triticale, it is being grown for thatching. In the United Kingdom, the demand for high quality cereal straw for thatching exceeds supply, Triticale is an ideal complementary crop for thatching particularly as many wheat varieties suitable for thatching will become less available in the future. Here the sheaves are stacked together to form stooks, this allows both the sun and wind to get to the stalks to dry them.
by Maigheach-gheal
The crop is a wheat and rye hybrid called Triticale, it is being grown for thatching. In the United Kingdom, the demand for high quality cereal straw for thatching exceeds supply, Triticale is an ideal complementary crop for thatching particularly as many wheat varieties suitable for thatching will become less available in the future. Here the sheaves are stacked together to form stooks, this allows both the sun and wind to get to the stalks to dry them.
by Maigheach-gheal
This snail must have climbed all the way up the grain stalk and onto its overhanging seed head. The grain, according to an information board, is triticale (a wheat/rye cross; a grain I had not previously heard of).
by Stephen Craven
Shared Description
SORGHUM
Sorghum is extensively grown in India, northern China, and Africa where it is the leading cereal. Agricultural experts of the European Union are presently investigating the use of agricultural land for non-food production, such as the growth of biomass crops as a source of renewable energy and renewable sources of raw materials. One of the experimentally grown crops is sorghum (both the sweet and the fibre-producing varieties). The plant has a high net assimilation rate even under high light and water stress conditions and has the potential to produce high yields in fertile soils. The partners of the European Sorghum Network are studying the production and environmental impact of sorghum under field conditions at various sites around mainly southern Europe; investigations include low input trials and studies of soil erosion, crop rotations, and balances of water, nitrogen, carbon and organic matter. The ten partners of the European Sorghum Network are based in Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Portugal and at the University of Essex in Colchester.
Benacre Estate has descended in a direct line ever since 1746. Benacre Farms Company farm approximately 2300 acres of land tenanted from the Benacre Estates Company, operating a conservation policy with a close working relationship with English Nature. The farms extend from the coast in the east to Henstead in the west and from the River Hundred in the north to Potter Bridge marshes in the south. Crops grown include wheat, barley, rye, field beans, rape, hemp, sugar beet, potatoes, carrots, parsnips and asparagus.
Benacre Estate has descended in a direct line ever since 1746. Benacre Farms Company farm approximately 2300 acres of land tenanted from the Benacre Estates Company, operating a conservation policy with a close working relationship with English Nature. The farms extend from the coast in the east to Henstead in the west and from the River Hundred in the north to Potter Bridge marshes in the south. Crops grown include wheat, barley, rye, field beans, rape, hemp, sugar beet, potatoes, carrots, parsnips and asparagus.
by Evelyn Simak
HARVEST - Straw is what is left when the grain has been harvested. Sometimes it may be chopped and ploughed back into the soil; more usually it is baled and taken away to be used as animal bedding, fodder, insulation, thatching or biofuel. There are many images on Geograph of straw bales wrongly described as hay. This is possibly due to the modern generation's lack of connection with its agricultural heritage. See FODDER & OTHER CROPS below
Rolled straw bales beneath Scrabo Tower between Comber and Newtownards.
by Rossographer
Round straw bales in a field beside Pendock church.
by Philip Halling
Stack of straw bales in a field near Madresfield.
by Philip Halling
A farmworker collecting a straw bale from a trailer for transfer to a bale stack on a newly harvested field below Main Down.
by Ian Capper
A few miles further North, David Hockney painted a watercolour picture of Straw Bales in his series on the Yorkshire Wolds.
by Roger Gilbertson
Looking north-east, this freshly planted wheat(?) field is by the B4368 north of Upper Netchwood. The underlying Triassic red sandstone governs the colour of the soil here.
The stack of straw bales was about thirty metres long and nearly eight metres high.
The stack of straw bales was about thirty metres long and nearly eight metres high.
by Roger D Kidd
An early baler baling straw at Welland Steam Rally.
by Philip Halling
Shared Description
A new round bale of straw has just been released from the baler. See also > Link.
by Evelyn Simak
A Claas Markant square baler at work in a field bordering Poldar Moss.
by James T M Towill
The wheat has been harvested and the baler makes the straw bales. The North Sea is in the distance.
by Jennifer Petrie
ROOTS, TUBERS, BULBS & OTHER VEGETABLES
POTATOES
Looking northwest to Glencarse Hill. The potato tops have been removed, to reduce the risk of blight in the tubers, and the cereals beyond have been harvested.
by M J Richardson
At Balranald, an RSPB reserve.
by M J Richardson
With irrigation pipes at the ready.
by M J Richardson
September 2014 has been drier than normal in North Lincolnshire which has meant good conditions for the potato harvest.
by David Wright
This photo shows a crop of purple flowering Maris Peer potatoes growing in a field near Westerton. Maris Peer is a small, salad potato which is suitable for boiling or making into chips.
by Adrian Diack
Vast areas of Fife's farmland is used for growing potatoes and other vegetables. Here the potatoes are waiting to be harvested.
by Maigheach-gheal
The potatoes have been sprayed to kill the tops off prior to being lifted
by Martin Dawes
RED BEET & SUGAR BEET
Colourful beets in the vegetable plots in the Castle Howard walled garden add a splash of pink. The produce supplies the Courtyard Café and the Farm Shop.
by Pauline E
This machinery was being used to harvest a field of beetroot on the Haugh of Orton. There were one machine (not in shot) stripping the tops off the beets, a second one (drawn by the blue tractor) lifting them, and two tractors with bogeys taking the beets to storage.
by Anne Burgess
Sugar Beet is harvested from September through until March to provide a steady supply for the processing plants.
by Hugh Venables
Sugar beet harvester and tractor seen from Warren Lane
by Richard Croft
Sugar beet is generally bred so that it doesn't bolt. In its first year it produces the root which is harvested for its sugar content. Some beet is retained for a second year in which it will flower (bolt) and produce seed. Sometimes however it will bolt in its first year, usually due to unusual weather conditions. The recent sustained above average temperatures might be sufficient to induce bolting but it would only be seen in a few plants and not a whole field like this. I therefore conclude that this field is being grown for seed. Otherwise there will be a very unhappy farmer who will see the sugar yield from his crop dramatically reduced as a result of the plants putting all their energy into producing seed rather than sugar laden roots..
by Jonathan Thacker
Harvested sugar beet crop at Home Farm, Forthampton.
by Philip Halling
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES - a tuber forming sunflower; great for winter soups, slightly spicy [and renowned for a capacity to produce wind - the carbohydrate they contain is inulin, not starch]
A crop of Jerusalem artichoke growing in a field beside a road in Ripple.
by Philip Halling
A crop of Jerusalem artichoke growing in a field beside a road in Ripple.
by Philip Halling
Helianthus tuberosus
Grown as food and cover for pheasants.
Grown as food and cover for pheasants.
by Jonathan Thacker
ASPARAGUS
A field of asparagus, now beyond the harvest season the shoots are allowed to grow.
by Philip Halling
Last year this field adjacent to Hurcott Wood was growing potatoes. This year the crop appears to be asparagus, but because this is the crop's first year it may be it has not been cut as the field is being established.
SO8578 : Asparagus growing in field - close-up, near Kidderminster.
SO8578 : Potato plants growing adjacent to Hurcott Wood, near Kidderminster.
SO8578 : Asparagus growing in field - close-up, near Kidderminster.
SO8578 : Potato plants growing adjacent to Hurcott Wood, near Kidderminster.
by P L Chadwick
The probably best known member of the family of Asparagaceae is the edible variety called Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as asparagus. The word asparagus derives from Latin, and the plant was once known in English as sperage, a term that originates from the Greek aspharagos or asparagos, which in turn is derived from the Persian word asparag, meaning "sprout" or "shoot."
Asparagus has been used from very early times as a vegetable as well as a medicinal plant.
For more information see Link
Asparagus has been used from very early times as a vegetable as well as a medicinal plant.
For more information see Link
by Evelyn Simak
After the end of June the asparagus spears are no longer cut and they are allowed to grow, by autumn this is how they look. Bredon Hill is in the background.
by Philip Halling
Asparagus spears are cut regularly until the end of the season on 21 June when the remaining spears are left to grow and replenish the roots.
by Philip Halling
LEEKS
A close-up of NT6177 : Leek field at Knowes.
by M J Richardson
ONION & GARLIC
Field of onions near Sheepcote Farm near Clifton.
by Philip Halling
A field of onions near Kempsey. Coaches can be seen on the far side of the field having brought seasonal pickers to harvest this crop of onions.
by Philip Halling
Onions are members of the Liliaceae family. Onions are known to have been grown in ancient Egypt and in Rome, where they were known as unio, the Latin word for pearl. The word became unyon in Middle English. The status of the onion rose after French Onion Soup was made popular by Stanislaus I, the former King of Poland.
Salle Hall > Link was built in 1761 for Edward Hase; alterations were made in 1862, and east and west service blocks were added in 1910 for Sir Woolmer White. The east wing contains an Orangery > Link. (N. Pevsner & B. Wilson, The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, 2002). Presently, Salle Hall and gardens are part of the Salle Park Estate, owned by Sir John White. Salle Park gardens consist of two sections, one of which being a Georgian style pleasure garden with formal lawns and topiary, rose gardens, specimen trees and shrubs > Link - Link . The walled kitchen garden was created in the 1780s and retains many of the original features.
Salle Hall > Link was built in 1761 for Edward Hase; alterations were made in 1862, and east and west service blocks were added in 1910 for Sir Woolmer White. The east wing contains an Orangery > Link. (N. Pevsner & B. Wilson, The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, 2002). Presently, Salle Hall and gardens are part of the Salle Park Estate, owned by Sir John White. Salle Park gardens consist of two sections, one of which being a Georgian style pleasure garden with formal lawns and topiary, rose gardens, specimen trees and shrubs > Link - Link . The walled kitchen garden was created in the 1780s and retains many of the original features.
by Evelyn Simak
The only garlic field in sight.
by Christine Johnstone
Planted in parallel rows and square blocks, ignoring the irregular shape of the field.
by Christine Johnstone
Hanging garlic, and shallots, just inside the entrance to Fanny's Farm Shop, Merstham, Surrey.
by Peter Trimming
CARROTS
The light soils here are ideal for carrots but with recent very heavy rainfall I doubt if the irrigation pipes on the right will see much use this year.
by Jonathan Thacker
PARSNIPS
CELERY
Looking over a field of celery from the bank of Soham Lode near Barway. G's have a very large processing and packing factory in Barway
by Richard Humphrey
The black peat soil in the southern fens of Cambridgeshire is ideal for growing celery.
by Richard Humphrey
A field of celery overlooks the sea near Ardmore.
by kevin higgins
BRASSICAS
CABBAGES, BRUSSELS SPROUTS, BROCCOLI etc.
By the coastal path was a large field of cauliflowers, just being picked.
by David Hawgood
The cranes of Boston docks are on the horizon
by Richard Humphrey
Cauliflower are known as broccoli in Cornwall and are a major crop locally. In the centre of the picture can be seen Black Rock SW8331 : Black Rock at the entrance to Carrick Roads, with Pendennis Head behind.
by Rod Allday
'Broccoli' is used to refer to cauliflower in Cornwall.
by Rod Allday
A field of broccoli growing north of Sprattyhall farm.
by James Allan
The tastiest vegetable on the allotment in early spring.
by Jonathan Billinger
Newly planted Brussels Sprouts at Muirton.
by M J Richardson
Cabbage is one of several cole crops, known as 'caulis' by the Romans and 'kaulion' by the Greeks. The cole family includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, kohlrabi, and Brussels sprouts. Cabbages and kale were the first of the cole crops to be domesticated, presumably about 2,000 years ago, and are believed to originate from Western Europe whereas Brussels sprouts came into existence less than 500 years ago. Wild cole crops can be found growing along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe. The vegetables depicted here are grown for the farm shop of nearby Church Farm.
by Evelyn Simak
An early-maturing variety, pictured in early November.
by Jonathan Billinger
Rows of red cabbage alternate with rows of red kale. Cabbage is one of several cole crops, known as 'caulis' by the Romans and 'kaulion' by the Greeks. The cole family includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, kohlrabi, and Brussels sprouts. Cabbages and kale were the first of the cole crops to be domesticated, presumably about 2,000 years ago, and are believed to originate from Western Europe whereas Brussels sprouts came into existence less than 500 years ago. Wild cole crops can be found growing along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe. The vegetables depicted here are grown for the farm shop of nearby Church Farm.
by Evelyn Simak
Savoy cabbage has a milder, mellower flavour than regular cabbage and was first recorded from the region of Savoy, France, in the mid 1500s, hence its name. The region at the time was, however, not French but ruled by the Italian House of Savoy.
Cabbage is one of several cole crops, known as 'caulis' by the Romans and 'kaulion' by the Greeks. The cole family includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, kohlrabi, and Brussels sprouts. Cabbages and kale were the first of the cole crops to be domesticated, presumably about 2,000 years ago, and are believed to originate from Western Europe whereas Brussels sprouts came into existence less than 500 years ago. Wild cole crops can be found growing along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe. The vegetables depicted here are grown for the farm shop of nearby Church Farm.
Cabbage is one of several cole crops, known as 'caulis' by the Romans and 'kaulion' by the Greeks. The cole family includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, kohlrabi, and Brussels sprouts. Cabbages and kale were the first of the cole crops to be domesticated, presumably about 2,000 years ago, and are believed to originate from Western Europe whereas Brussels sprouts came into existence less than 500 years ago. Wild cole crops can be found growing along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe. The vegetables depicted here are grown for the farm shop of nearby Church Farm.
by Evelyn Simak
RAPE
Just coming into flower.
by M J Richardson
A crop of oilseed rape, with poppies and shepherd's purse.
by M J Richardson
The crop in full bloom near Traprain Law.
by M J Richardson
A common sight in East Lothian in spring.
by M J Richardson
Oilseed rape in full flower, with the Lammermuir Hills in the distance.
by M J Richardson
Oilseed rape - the other is green, mostly winter barley.
by M J Richardson
Ripening seed pods in a crop that has flowered NT5568 : Oilseed Rape at Townhead.
by M J Richardson
Looking north towards Biel Mill. For a close-up see NT6275 : Oilseed Rape - detail. Six days later and the crop has been harvested and baled NT6275 : Oilseed rape harvested and baled.
by M J Richardson
SWEDE, TURNIP & KALE
A crop of swedes growing in an arable field to the north of Hepscott Red House.
by Graham Robson
Slowly working their way through swedes or similar root crop. Birch woodland is developing on the top of the hill.
by M J Richardson
I stopped to photograph this netting because I was not familiar with the use of textile covers like this over root crops. The farmer told us that it is used to control Cabbage Root Fly in swedes. I found more information from Scottish Agricultural College Link which tells us: "Lightweight fleece textile covers were originally developed to advance maturity of vegetable crops. For organic growers they have the additional benefit of excluding air borne pests. Durable nettingcovers were specifically developed for pest control. They have been adopted on a large scale bygrowers of culinary swede to meet a dearth of synthetic pesticides for cabbage root fly." One supplier is Wondermesh Link .
which tells us: "Lightweight fleece textile covers were originally developed to advance maturity of vegetable crops. For organic growers they have the additional benefit of excluding air borne pests. Durable nettingcovers were specifically developed for pest control. They have been adopted on a large scale bygrowers of culinary swede to meet a dearth of synthetic pesticides for cabbage root fly." One supplier is Wondermesh Link .by David Hawgood
Growing here through the winter has been a crop of animal grade turnips - known as stubble turnips. These grow rapidly after being sown directly among the stubble following summer corn harvests. At the end of the winter, sheep are enjoying these at the north end of the field.
SO7597 : Crop field and footpath from Cranmere near Worfield, Shropshire
SO7597 : Crop field and footpath from Cranmere near Worfield, Shropshire
by Roger D Kidd
The cereal field to the right has been partly planted with turnips which have grown during the autumn and winter and are now available for sheep to eat.
Stubble turnips: these grow rapidly after being sown directly among the stubble following summer corn harvests. At the end of the winter, sheep are enjoying these at the north end of the field. Only part of the field has been planted with these turnips. The rest has already been partly prepared for this years cereal sowing, which I assume has not yet taken place because the sheep have free access.
SO7597 : A stubble turnip in Shropshire
Stubble turnips: these grow rapidly after being sown directly among the stubble following summer corn harvests. At the end of the winter, sheep are enjoying these at the north end of the field. Only part of the field has been planted with these turnips. The rest has already been partly prepared for this years cereal sowing, which I assume has not yet taken place because the sheep have free access.
SO7597 : A stubble turnip in Shropshire
by Roger D Kidd
Stubble turnips are a popular forage crop and suitable for sheep as well as cattle. They are sown approximately 12 to 14 weeks before they are utilised. For a wider view of this location see > Link.
by Evelyn Simak
Part of the winter scene on the Black Isle are fields of turnips with sheep often staying overwinter and which will be returned to the West Coast later in the spring. See February 2016 very nearby NH5653 : Sheep and root crops by Newton of Ferintosh, Black Isle
by Julian Paren
Sheep and turnips with Skiddaw, Carrock Fell and High Pike in the background (from left to right).
by Andrew Smith
Kale and turnips grown for winter feed for sheep. Soon this will be a mudbath full of half eaten turnips.
by Richard Webb
Harvesting turnips to the south of Leuchars, with the station in the background.
by Scott Cormie
A crop of Swedes covered with a plastic mesh NT8862 : Protected crop at Blackhill, for protection against pigeons [?].
by M J Richardson
PEAS, BEANS etc.
PEAS
Not the sort of crop I would expect to find at 205m elevation in the Lammermuir 'foothills'. They were very small, but vigorous plants that looked as if they might have been sown not long ago, and a long way from flowering and producing peas. For a wider view see NT5666 : Peas near Newlands.
Enquiries have established that this is indeed a crop being grown as 'garden peas', and is expected to be ready for harvest in early September. Some crops are grown as high as 300m a.s.l. Thanks to Richard Byass, Link for this information.
Enquiries have established that this is indeed a crop being grown as 'garden peas', and is expected to be ready for harvest in early September. Some crops are grown as high as 300m a.s.l. Thanks to Richard Byass, Link
for this information.by M J Richardson
Not the sort of crop I would expect to find at 205m elevation in the Lammermuir 'foothills'. They were very small, but vigorous plants that looked as if they might have been sown not long ago, and a long way from flowering and producing peas. For detail see NT5666 : Peas near Newlands - detail.
Enquiries have established that this is indeed a crop being grown as 'garden peas', and is expected to be ready for harvest in early September. Some crops are grown as high as 300m a.s.l. Thanks to Richard Byass, Link for this information.
Enquiries have established that this is indeed a crop being grown as 'garden peas', and is expected to be ready for harvest in early September. Some crops are grown as high as 300m a.s.l. Thanks to Richard Byass, Link
for this information.by M J Richardson
SBP Scottish Borders Produce Ltd is a well-established growers co-operative. It was set up in 1972 by 5 farmers growing a few hundred tonnes but now has more than 30 farmers growing 30,000 tonnes of vining peas. All the growers lie within 30 miles of the freezing plant in Eyemouth. They are mostly grown in the Borders, East Lothian and north Northumberland. Link
by Jennifer Petrie
After the peas are harvested by the viner the stems and leaves drop out of the back. Later this will be ploughed back into the soil for nourishment.
by Jennifer Petrie
Scottish Borders Produce, SBP, grew and harvested 7 fields of peas this year at Birnieknowes. They were taken to their freezer plant at Eyemouth and will later be sold at Aldi, Morrisons and probably also in Asda. SBP try to freeze 200 tonnes of peas every 24 hours. Link
by Jennifer Petrie
Yet another load of peas is tipped into the waiting trailer. Link
by Jennifer Petrie
Footpath through a field of peas at Little Malvern.
by Philip Halling
A field of desiccated peas at Little Malvern.
by Philip Halling
BROAD BEANS, FAVA BEANS
A revisit to this crop of beans [Vicia faba sub.sp. minor] 6½ weeks after NT2769 : Field beans at Liberton. They have come on well and are just starting to flower.
by M J Richardson
A crop of broad beans in a field next to Croome Park.
by Philip Halling
Fava or field beans in a field beside a country road near Aston Magna.
by Philip Halling
A revisit to this crop of beans [Vicia faba sub.sp. minor] 6½ weeks after NT2769 : Field beans at Liberton. They have come on well and are just starting to flower.
by M J Richardson
The crop in this field, just by the visitor centre at Flatford, appears to have been field beans, but not very well grown and with small pods with few seeds, presumably a victim of the 2007 growing season.
by M J Richardson
Looks like there will be a bumper crop of these well-known legumes. Can't abide them myself. I much prefer runners.
by Brian Robert Marshall
Field Beans ready for harvest, with a pod opened up to show the seeds, which are smaller than those of the Broad Beans used for human food. [There were originally four seeds but two fell out.].
by M J Richardson
RUNNER BEANS
Stick bean canes with young runner beans growing at their base at Sandford Villa Farm.
by Philip Halling
A field of stick or runner beans near Bromesberrow Heath.
by Philip Halling
A Cabbage White feasts from the flower nectar of a runner bean. This specimen is a female and is recognised by the black spots on her wings which are absent on the male wings. Robert Graves' description of the Cabbage White is immortalised thus:-
FLYING CROOKED
The butterfly, a cabbage-white,
(His honest idiocy of flight)
Will never now, it is too late,
Master the art of flying straight,
Yet has- who knows so well as I?-
A just sense of how not to fly:
He lurches here and here by guess
And God and hope and hopelessness.
Even the acrobatic swift
Has not his flying-crooked gift
FLYING CROOKED
The butterfly, a cabbage-white,
(His honest idiocy of flight)
Will never now, it is too late,
Master the art of flying straight,
Yet has- who knows so well as I?-
A just sense of how not to fly:
He lurches here and here by guess
And God and hope and hopelessness.
Even the acrobatic swift
Has not his flying-crooked gift
by Des Colhoun
After all the rain we've had this year everything's looking pretty lush.
Allotments south of Cerne Abbas, looking towards Dickley Hill.
Allotments south of Cerne Abbas, looking towards Dickley Hill.
by Des Blenkinsopp
The bean pickers were Polish.
by Peter Facey
CUCURBITS - Marrows, courgettes, squash, pumpkin, gourds and cucumber
The building in the distance is the Country Skittle Park.
by Sheila Russell
As seen from a byway from the B2173 Maidstone Road towards Birchwood Road.
The Maidstone Road is seen in the background.
The farm trailer has a small conveyor belt taking the picked vegetables from the three pickers into the trailer.
The Maidstone Road is seen in the background.
The farm trailer has a small conveyor belt taking the picked vegetables from the three pickers into the trailer.
by David Anstiss
A field of courgettes near Drakes Broughton
by Philip Halling
The yellow fruit seen growing in the foreground are squashes, the fruits of various climbing plants in the Cucurbitaceae (cucumber) family, most of which originated in the tropics. More familiar plants in the same family are melons (Cucumis melo), squashes, pumpkins and marrows. They are among the earliest cultivated plants, as they are of considerable value as sources of food, and for making utensils and ornaments. Link
Salle Hall > Link was built in 1761 for Edward Hase; alterations were made in 1862, and east and west service blocks were added in 1910 for Sir Woolmer White. The east wing contains an Orangery > Link. (N. Pevsner & B. Wilson, The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, 2002). Presently, Salle Hall and gardens are part of the Salle Park Estate, owned by Sir John White. Salle Park gardens consist of two sections, one of which being a Georgian style pleasure garden with formal lawns and topiary, rose gardens, specimen trees and shrubs > Link - Link . The walled kitchen garden was created in the 1780s and retains many of the original features.
Salle Hall > Link was built in 1761 for Edward Hase; alterations were made in 1862, and east and west service blocks were added in 1910 for Sir Woolmer White. The east wing contains an Orangery > Link. (N. Pevsner & B. Wilson, The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, 2002). Presently, Salle Hall and gardens are part of the Salle Park Estate, owned by Sir John White. Salle Park gardens consist of two sections, one of which being a Georgian style pleasure garden with formal lawns and topiary, rose gardens, specimen trees and shrubs > Link - Link . The walled kitchen garden was created in the 1780s and retains many of the original features.
by Evelyn Simak
A crop of pumpkins off Laddus Drove, Friday Bridge presumably being grown to meet the ever increasing demand for Halloween merchandise which retailers have increasingly hyped up over the last few years Link
by Richard Humphrey
In this warm summer, cucumbers do particularly well under glass.
by Jonathan Billinger
FODDER & COVER CROPS - grass, hay, silage, turf, clover etc.
GRASS - More than half of the croppable land in the UK is 'just grass'; some is permanent, some is temporary, and a lot is classified as 'rough grazing'. Grass is a multipurpose but complex crop. As well as direct grazing for cattle and sheep, it is harvested for winter storage, either dried as hay or made into silage [by fermentation with additives]. It is not always possible to be certain if a mown field is being cut for hay or silage. It may also be mixed with clover or lucerne. It may be sown directly or undersown in a cereal crop, to establish a new pasture after the cereal harvest. It is also sown to provide turf for gardens etc. Haystacks are made of cut, dried grass - there are many wrongly-described 'haystacks' on Geograph which are actually straw bales [see above in the HARVEST section of CEREALS].
With the temperature at an unseasonable 24 degrees C, a grass crop dries out on the hillside south of Appleton-le-Moors.
by Pauline E
With the undersown grass well established. For earlier views of this 'repasturing' see NT2452 : Barley field at Nether Falla and links therein.
by M J Richardson
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Looking down from Rosedale East Mines to Stables Farm. the grass crop in the closer field is being made into round bales whilst in the background in front of Florence Terrace another tractor is cutting the grass crop.
by Christopher Hall
Near the large house known as Sandhills. Telephoto assisted image.
The tractor is pulling a tedder which tosses and separates the cut grass which sometimes settles too much after mowing. The resulting extra aeration speeds up the drying to improve haymaking. The rain lashed down again within two minutes of this image being taken!
The tractor is pulling a tedder which tosses and separates the cut grass which sometimes settles too much after mowing. The resulting extra aeration speeds up the drying to improve haymaking. The rain lashed down again within two minutes of this image being taken!
by Roger D Kidd
Grazing or Hay/silage? Forestry beyond and the valley of the Anie Burn.
by M J Richardson
The grass on the Glebe field has been cut for a silage crop. St Nicholas' church can be seen in the background.
by Philip Halling
When wrapped these bales are no different to silage, however, haylage is left longer to dry than silage. As a result it is drier than silage, but not as dry as hay. Earl's Croome church is in the background.
by Philip Halling
The flat, poorly drained valley bottom is mainly rough grazing - virtually moorland. Two fields however have produced a grass crop which has been baled, presumably as silage.
by Trevor Littlewood
A cropped grass field above the loch. Grass is the one crop that thrives on Orkney thanks to reasonable soils and adequate rainfall. The crop is destined for the beef cattle which are common on Orkney.
by Gordon Hatton
Silage is fermented and stored in a silo or, as here, in a tube before being used as food.
Hay is mowed, dried and stored in bales. Silage is compacted and stored in air-tight conditions without being dried.
Hay is mowed, dried and stored in bales. Silage is compacted and stored in air-tight conditions without being dried.
by Russel Wills
At this time of year it can be difficult to be sure whether cut grass is for hay or silage making, almost certainly this is silage making as the grass has been raked into large rows ready for the baler. If this were to be baled for hay it would dry and not green.
by Philip Halling
Fodder is still required well into the Spring, and the stack survived the winter with the aid of an old bit of netting.
by Richard Webb
17th century thatched cottage with rough-stone walling, since restored and extended Link . Listed Grade II. Note the traditional thatched haystack on the right.
by David M Murray-Rust
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Notice how the hay does not touch the ground
by Tom Richardson
Some good old fashioned haystacks at Isbister
by Graeme Smith
This field of grass appeared ready for cutting. It is just south of a minor road that leads west from the A433 north east of Tetbury.
by Nigel Mykura
A grass field beside the track leading to Neasless Farm. The field has recently had a crop of grass removed.
by Graham Robson
Large field growing turf at Kerswell Green, this land has been used for this purpose for some years, each crop of turf removing a thin slice of top soil.
by Philip Halling
The land is owned or at least managed by a company, Durham Turf; the nature of the turf harvesting is obvious in the image which was recorded along Black Boy Road, looking near to south.
To the left is an old railway route, the Leamside Line.
To the left is an old railway route, the Leamside Line.
by Trevor Littlewood
Turf was being harvested nearby.
by M J Richardson
Turf is susceptible to drying out once rolled and may need to be watered or covered in a plastic sheet.
by Robin Stott
COVER CROPS are grown for variety of reasons:- to provide temporary ground cover between crops; to provide game cover; to provide green organic matter that can be ploughed in to improve soil structure and may be nitrogen fixing plants or selected to add specific minerals; or headlands sown with wildflower mixtures to promote biodiversity.
The ground cover crop at NT8662 : Fodder Radish at Lemington, the Radish has pale four-petalled flowers, and the Buckwheat has pale pinkish clusters of smaller flowers.
by M J Richardson
An increasingly frequent, and attractive, crop grown as a cover crop to attract bees and other pollinators, and to be ploughed in as a green manure, and also to suppress weeds. Here it is growing with another plant, a Polygonum, with creamy pink flowers which I have not yet identified. Update, 2 days later - it is Buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, which produces edible seeds but these will not be harvested - it improves the availability of phosphorus Link.
.by M J Richardson
The unusual sight of a flowering crop at the end of November leads me to suspect that this is a green manure crop designed to aid fertility in an organic system.
by Jonathan Billinger
Among the most common cover crops are kale, maize, quinoa, sunflowers and canary grass. Cover strips often contain a mixture of these species. They provide rich feeding for songbirds as well as game, and particular mixes of plants are now produced specifically to benefit songbirds, notably in the winter when losses through starvation tend to be high.
by Maigheach-gheal
CLOVER & LUCERNE/ALFALFA
This is a Red Clover and grass crop which will be made into silage and put with the rest of the fermenting grass in the silage clamp for winter feed.
Red Clover is high in protein as a foodstuff but must be fed carefully to livestock as they suffer from bloat if eaten fresh and in large quantities. The nitrogen from the root nodules will be beneficial to the soil for up to three years after the crop has been ploughed up in rotation and so the farmer will need to apply less nitrogen fertiliser in this field during that time - if at all.
Red Clover is high in protein as a foodstuff but must be fed carefully to livestock as they suffer from bloat if eaten fresh and in large quantities. The nitrogen from the root nodules will be beneficial to the soil for up to three years after the crop has been ploughed up in rotation and so the farmer will need to apply less nitrogen fertiliser in this field during that time - if at all.
by Sarah Smith
This path left clear of crops to make for an easy walk through the colourful flowers.
by Chris Morgan
Lucerne, also known as Alfalfa, is a forage legume producing high quality green feed and is commonly used as a premium food for horses. Native to the Middle-East but long since naturalised worldwide, it is extremely rich in minerals, and can also be safely consumed by humans. Alfalfa sprouts, leaves and young stems can be eaten either raw in salads or cooked. The roots of the Lucerne plant can go up to 30 foot into the soil, giving it the ability to draw minerals up from the deep layers of the ground.
by Evelyn Simak
GLASSHOUSE & SALADS
This is the unusual name of the tomato variety in the image.
by Jonathan Billinger
An exceptionally fine truss of tomatoes in one of the glasshouses in the Walled Garden.
by Anne Burgess
Almost ready to be harvested and included in the menu in the garden's restaurant.
by Anne Burgess
Acres of lettuce near Hall Farm, Birlingham. This is a fairly typical scene in this area with Birlingham being on periphery of the Vale of Evesham, an area famous for its market gardening. Bredon Hill is in the background.
by Philip Halling
Different varieties of lettuce in nursery beds
by Nick Smith
Harvesting lettuce in the 'Black Fen' west of Methwold, Norfolk; the tall poplar windbreak on the left helps to reduce wind erosion on these light peat soils.
by Rodney Burton
Seen from the public footpath running north east from the village. The surrounding fields were mostly given over to large swathes of endive plants like these, which appeared to have had their top growth harvested.
by Paul Harrop
SOFT FRUIT
Two large fields on the south side of the main farm buildings are used during the summer months as a pick your own fruit farm. The main fruits are strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, red currants and black currants. On this occasion I was picking strawberries.
by Walter Baxter
The frames of polytunnels, without their polythene covering at Easter Grangemuir Farm. The farm also grows potatoes, broccoli and cereals.
by Richard Sutcliffe
The Moray Firth's climate is ideal for growing soft fruit, and Easter Hardmuir Farm specialises in fruit growing. These rows of rasps are burgeoning with berries ready for picking.
by Anne Burgess
A fine spray of berries, just ready to be picked. I wish the ones in my garden looked as good as these!
by Anne Burgess
The plants are of Asian origin but fruit perfectly in UK conditions. They are sweeter than most summer-fruiting red varieties but don't hold for long on the cane.
by Jonathan Billinger
Redcurrants are in the foreground with asparagus behind. The farm also has a restaurant and farm shop, seemingly popular with teachers the day we were there.
by nick macneill
ORCHARD FRUIT, OTHER FRUIT & HOPS
APPLES
Thousands of apples lie beneath the trees, apparently destined to rot. But on my next visit three months later [[[6734142]], they seemed to have all been cleared up.
by Derek Harper
Some of the tens of thousands of apples there must be in this orchard up-valley from Cockington Court. This tree is by the path shown in SX8863 : Cockington orchard.
by Derek Harper
Lines of apple tree passed on a path between Tonford Manor and the A2 Canterbury Bypass.
by Chris Heaton
PEARS
Marie Louise pears ripening temptingly in the walled garden.
by Derek Harper
On the tree shown in SX8970 : Pear tree, Haccombe.
by Derek Harper
PLUMS
A few weeks from harvest there appears to be a fair crop of plums.
by Glyn Baker
There is an orchard of damsons at Lower Brockhampton, the trees are absolutely loaded this year. The fruit can be used for jam making or even damson gin.
by Philip Halling
CHERRIES
Detail from a group of cherry trees providing lovely fruit most years. They are on the bank of an old mining railway line from the last century, or even the one before, now part of the Pencaitland Railway Walk.
by M J Richardson
Can I call these Cherries before they are ripe?
A drupe is an indehiscent fruit which has an outer fleshy part, the exocarp, which attracts animals to eat it and spread the seeds. Cherries are the best-known example used in schoolbooks. A plum is a drupe as well, of course.
A drupe is an indehiscent fruit which has an outer fleshy part, the exocarp, which attracts animals to eat it and spread the seeds. Cherries are the best-known example used in schoolbooks. A plum is a drupe as well, of course.
by Bob Harvey
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BLUEBERRIES
In an area which specialises in all sorts of soft fruit, this is a bit of a mystery. There are a couple of large fields planted with bushes about the size of blackcurrant bushes bearing flowers and leaves remininscent of wild bilberries
by Val Vannet
HAZEL & COB NUTS
Bourne Woods have a huge number of Hazels, but many of them bear fruit but sparely, as here. These are immature, the shells still soft. If they were to ripen they would go that wonderful pale brown colour like a bleached conker.
They won't. I've been walking my dogs here for 43 years, and have never found a ripe, edible, Hazel Nut. There are a lot of squirrels, and they strip the trees before the nuts are mature.
They won't. I've been walking my dogs here for 43 years, and have never found a ripe, edible, Hazel Nut. There are a lot of squirrels, and they strip the trees before the nuts are mature.
by Bob Harvey
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Grown in the nuttery. A cobnut is a type of hazelnut traditionally grown in Kent. They are harvested in their green state from mid August and with brown shells and husks by mid October.
by pam fray
South of the kitchen garden, it is planted mainly with Kentish cobnuts. The male flowers are yellow catkins already appearing on the plants. Varieties differ widely in the time they shed pollen, from the New Year until March in the south of England.
by pam fray
Field of Hazel Trees, possibly Kentish Cobnuts on Hurst Hill.
Close to footpath to A2 London Road, via Gore House.
Close to footpath to A2 London Road, via Gore House.
by David Anstiss
GRAPES
A bunch of Madeleine Angevine grapes on the well-drained slopes of the Dart valley.
by Derek Harper
About the largest bunch of grapes which I saw all morning; beside the entrance road to Denbies Wine Estate.
Link
Link
by Peter Trimming
A Braud grape harvester at work at Denbies Vineyard, with the winery in the left background. On the skyline is Norbury Park House.
by Ian Capper
Ripe black grapes in the early autumn sunshine. Photographed from the broad path in the vineyard.
Link
Link
by Peter Trimming
FIGS
Are these the most northerly outdoor figs in the world? They are ripening against the sun-warmed brick wall of the old walled garden at Gordon Castle.
by Anne Burgess
The fig is indigenous to Persia, Asia Minor and Syria, but it also grows in the milder parts of Europe, where it is being cultivated in the Mediterranean countries. The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or dried, has been valued from antiquity. For the people of ancient Greece figs were such an important part of their staple diet that it was forbidden by law to export the best fruit from their trees. Dried figs have been found in Pompeii, and Pliny gives details of 29 different varieties known in his day.
For more information see Link
For more information see Link
by Evelyn Simak
The figs thereon.
by Michael Garlick
HOPS - Grown on poles about 5 m [16 ft] long, in hop gardens [South of England] or hop yards [West Country; see Link]
Hops hung on the porch of Suckley church.
by Philip Halling
The hops here are viewed from the Darent Valley Path and are supplied to the nearby Hop Shop at Castle Farm - see Link
by Marathon
Looking from Western Beggard Lane bridge.
See more sizes for wider panorama.
See more sizes for wider panorama.
by Oast House Archive
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Puttenham Hop Farm is the only one of its kind in this area where once were many hop gardens. It supplies hops to the Hog's Back Brewery at Tongham.
by Colin Smith
A maze of Hop Poles. The hops would have been harvested during September.
The hops are dried in TQ6936 : Oast House at Little Scotney Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent
The hops are dried in TQ6936 : Oast House at Little Scotney Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent
by Oast House Archive
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Demonstrating traditional hop picking at the Hop Festival. Thousands of hop pickers would come to Kent, often from London, during the late summer for the hop picking season. The hops were manually picked each hop from its bine.
Nowadays mechanisation has taken over and the hop bines are taken off and taken as a whole to a machine which would process the hops.
Nowadays mechanisation has taken over and the hop bines are taken off and taken as a whole to a machine which would process the hops.
by Oast House Archive
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MISCELLANEOUS
RHUBARB - for culinary purposes usually treated as a fruit, but the part used is the leaf stalk [petiole]. The leaf blade is not eaten.
In the walled garden at Knightshayes Court.
by M J Richardson
There should be a lot more Rheum rhabarbarum adding panache to our roadside verges.
Eye-catching, stylish and good with custard, which is more than can be said for nettles.
Eye-catching, stylish and good with custard, which is more than can be said for nettles.
by Des Blenkinsopp
DAFFODILS & TULIPS - both for bulbs and cut flowers
Daffodils have become a very popular crop in west Cornwall in recent years. This colourful display is either due to the plants being grown for a bulb crop, when they are allowed to flower and die back to build up the bulb, or, owing to a late flowering following cold weather early in the year, there has been a glut and it has not been viable to pay the cost of picking them in bud for the cut flower market.
by Rod Allday
These may be being grown for bulbs, when the flowers are allowed to blossom and die to build up the bulb. When grown for the flower market the daffodils are picked in tight bud, with no yellow showing at all. This year very cold weather at the beginning of the year delayed the development of the plants and then a spell of warm weather in mid February brought them all on together, causing problems for the farmers owing to a glut and also a shortage of pickers - that may be the case here.
by Rod Allday
The Fens have almost 40% of the English acreage of bulbs and flowers grown in the open (NFU 'Why Farming Matters in the Fens')
by Tim Heaton
Rows of daffodils (or narcissi) in full bloom, with Little Thornton beyond, looking towards the foothills of the Grampians.
by Anne Burgess
The more aesthetically pleasing side of farming.
by Adrian S Pye
SUNFLOWER - grown for oil, seed, and as game cover.
An incredible sight on Littleworth Drove north of Deeping St Nicholas.
Sunflowers grown by Vine House Farm for bird food.
Buy on line or from our shop in Deeping St Nicholas, see Link
Sunflowers grown by Vine House Farm for bird food.
Buy on line or from our shop in Deeping St Nicholas, see Link
by Richard Humphrey
Buy on line or from our shop in Deeping St Nicholas Link
This large field of sunflowers on Littleworth Drove north of Deeping St Nicholas. Littleworth Drove was formerly the A16 but is now the A1175 following the completion of the new A16 between Spalding and Peterborough in 2010
This large field of sunflowers on Littleworth Drove north of Deeping St Nicholas. Littleworth Drove was formerly the A16 but is now the A1175 following the completion of the new A16 between Spalding and Peterborough in 2010
by Richard Humphrey
The sunflowers growing in this field are part of a game crop.
Game crops planted and established in the correct conditions provides excellent cover with an open area underneath for any shoot. Birds will be able to move freely with the additional benefit of the nutritious feed value of the seeds.
Game crops planted and established in the correct conditions provides excellent cover with an open area underneath for any shoot. Birds will be able to move freely with the additional benefit of the nutritious feed value of the seeds.
by Maigheach-gheal
CANARY GRASS - Phalaris canariensis, grown for bird seed.
Detail of flower heads, being grown as a seed crop Link
by Alan Murray-Rust
Canary Grass is grown for the bird seed market.
by Ian S
Canary Grass is grown for the bird seed market.
by Ian S
FLAX - grown for seed [linseed], oil and fibre
There seems to have been a revival of flax as a crop in recent years. To the right is a shelter belt of trees around Elm Tree Farm.
by Stephen Craven
Pictured here C4400 : Flax Mill - Silverbrook Mills
by Kenneth Allen
PHACELIA - a 'biodiversity' crop, grown along field headlands, and as a green manure
Phacelia is native to southern North America, and is increasingly being planted for its beneficial properties. It is not only attractive to pollinators, but also to hoverflies, which eat aphids and other pests. The succession of flowers on the long curling flower heads makes for a long flowering period.
by Anne Burgess
We scattered a packet of wildflower seeds on a spare patch of garden. The phacelia was much the strongest resulting plant, and attracted bees.
by David Hawgood
A field margin sown with Phacelia tanacetifolia, which is frequently grown as a cover or green manure crop, and as a nectar plant to attract bees and other insects to promote biodiversity Link. The main crop in the field is leeks.
. The main crop in the field is leeks.by M J Richardson
ECHIUM
A field of a plant of the Echium genus, probably Echium plantagineum, near Abbots Moreton. The oil that is extracted from this plant is used in cosmetics, food and nutraceuticals to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, rheumatioid arthritis and skin conditions such as eczema. The plant is poisonous and can kill horses.
by Philip Halling
A field of a plant of the Echium genus, probably Echium plantagineum, near Abbots Moreton. The oil that is extracted from this plant is used in cosmetics, food and nutraceuticals to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, rheumatioid arthritis and skin conditions such as eczema. The plant is poisonous and can kill horses.
by Philip Halling
A field of a plant of the Echium genus, probably Echium plantagineum, near Abbots Moreton. The oil that is extracted from this plant is used in cosmetics, food and nutraceuticals to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, rheumatioid arthritis and skin conditions such as eczema. The plant is poisonous and can kill horses.
by Philip Halling
TEA
A small and young plantation of Sencha tea has been established at Balliveolan Croft. The tea plants are interplanted between rows of fruit trees and natural vegetation, and have already produced a small harvest.
by M J Richardson
'INDUSTRIAL' CROPS
BIOMASS - Willow, Miscanthus
Short rotation coppice being grown for biomass/biofuel production, which is cut frequently - see earlier images from 2010 in the shared description.
by M J Richardson
Shared Description
Looking south from the Dreva Road, towards the farm and Vane Law beyond. The main field across the river has a crop of biomass willow - the clear bit containing a standing stone and, apparent on Google Earth, some earthworks. The willow has grown quite a bit since James Towill's picture 18 mo earlier NT1435 : Willow For Biomass, taken from the road on the other side of the field.
by M J Richardson
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A short rotation coppice of willow being cut.
by M J Richardson
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A large perennial hybrid grass grown to produce ethanol as biofuel. Here in a field that doubles as an overflow car park for the National Memorial Arboretum when needed.
by M J Richardson
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The Miscanthus which was planted in this field in March TA0016 : Planting Miscanthus is now about 2ft high.
by David Wright
Miscanthus is harvested for use as a biofuel.
by David Wright
A fast growing bamboo grass used as a biomass fuel source of energy-a reflection of changing climate and economic pressures on farming.
by Dr Duncan Pepper
For the other end of this field see SJ7661 : Elephant grass. A rambler gives an indication of scale of this very tall crop, grown as biofuel.
by Stephen Craven
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