Martin Brown wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:

Sacha wrote:

Rapeseed oil - gorgeous colour, isn't it? I think it's known as
canola oil in USA. You should see it planted next to a field of
linseed - it almost hurts your eyes!

Oilseed rape. Smells lovely, but not quite so nice as field
beans.
When it's flowering, that is. When it's ripening it's quite
another
matter.

The smell is obviously in the nose of the beholder. I reckon
oilseed
rape smells horrible - and it is hell to walk through when a path
crosses a field of the stuff. I particularly don't like the little
pollen beetles it attracts that then invade our gardens when it
finishes flowering.

The flowers are a pretty luminous shade of lemon yellow and tend to
grow everywhere that seed is moved past including motorway verges.
A
field full in full sun hurts the eyes. YMMV

Strangely, I seem to find some fields smell nice, while others don't.
The ones that don't smell good make me sneeze. Is this a varietal
thing, or just a question of the stage of development? (FWIW, I find
the colour horrible in such large doses.)

--
Mike.