Poppies, daisies, harebells and clover growing alongside my nemesis buttercups. The hedgerows are particularly beautiful this year. Even the thistles and ragwort are attractive in the right setting.
A lot of roads here are narrow and winding, there's often a bank on either side and a wall at the top. The banks are rarely mown, maybe just a foot or two at the bottom for a bit of clearance, same with verges, a bit of mowing to show where it's safe for cars to pull in to allow passing. Otherwise someone has to back up to a passing place. Now there's a head game for you. (And it's amazing how many people can't/won't reverse on these lanes- ladies it's time to man-up on this...)
I have to say the poppies are my favourite and give me a bit of a thrill whenever I see them. But then daisies are pretty, and clover tastes lovely...
I too am very fond of poppies. An old Norfolk bred lady I knew used to call them red headaches - not sure whether this was because of the bother they caused farmers or because too many of them in a field had a narcotic effect!
Clover as forage food. Now there's something I didn't know.
Posted by: colleen | July 24, 2012 at 07:09 AM
I didn't know that you could eat clover, although I know you can eat vetch. We don't have poppies in our verges - which like yours are just trimmed at the edges for car safety. This year the hedges are smothered in sticky willy/cleavers/goose grass/whatever you call it, and the fields are a blaze of buttercups - last year it was clover.
It's raining again ..... when I came back from my walk (dripping) Malcolm was very annoyed with Chris Evans, who was banging on about the sunshine in London.
Posted by: Anne Donald | July 24, 2012 at 08:22 AM
OH and I do a lot of driving on roads like that and almost invariably find that those in 4 x 4s wait for him to back up in his old people carrier. Except in Scotland that is.
I do love to see Poppies and Daisies together.
Posted by: Toffeeapple | July 24, 2012 at 01:24 PM
Love the poppies, we don't have them here so nice to see them elsewhere.
Posted by: anne@andamento | July 24, 2012 at 04:25 PM
Clover tastes nice ? To cows ... or in general?
Mind you , theres a lot more road traffic here so I'm not volunteering to forage , however yummy it is .
If this sun persists , I might venture up the river on Friday , though .( Retirement is proving to be rather hectic so far ) .
Posted by: SmitoniusAndSonata | July 24, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Pink clover flowers taste sweet and we always ate them as children. The leaves are edible as well, prettier than cress!
Posted by: Rattling On | July 25, 2012 at 09:11 AM
They don't seem to appear every year, but at the moment are really lovely.
Posted by: Rattling On | July 25, 2012 at 09:12 AM
My garden gets lots of sticky willy, a lady and her dog often stop for him to eat some, he loves it. Very 'cleansing' for the gut apparently!
Posted by: Rattling On | July 25, 2012 at 09:13 AM
Just found myself wondering if it could be used in jam somehow?
Posted by: Rattling On | July 25, 2012 at 09:14 AM