• Sunflower Secrets
    SUNFLOWERS My grandmother always had a sunflower in her garden. Several years ago I secretly planted sunflowers on all four corners of my raised planter beds, since I didn’t tell my husband he almost pulled them up; they were uniformly growing in all four corners so he asked me if I planted something…… different. I had and with that we discovered how beautiful Sunflowers improve the whole look of the backyard. The kids next door were delighted when they saw them and are now are planting their own. The varieties of Sunflowers are endless . These are the types I …
  • Snackable Sunflowers
    My sunflowers were looking a little shabby so I decided it was time to take them down. I had been inspecting the snack seed sunflowers and thought that something must have gone wrong; they were not producing edible sunflower seeds. I took down the smaller one first and after close review decided YEP, something must have gone wrong, no sunflower seeds. I moved on to the larger one (below) which was growing on the East side of the yard and discovered that birds had been eating the sunflower seeds from the face of the snackable sunflowers. I rescued the seeds …
  • A Summer full of Sunflowers!
    Mammoth Snackables Brown Eyed Girl VanGogh Snack Seeds Sunspots Sunspots & Brown Eyed Girls Mammoth’s before they were 14 feet tall VanGogh Snack Seed & Mammoth Mammoth A variety of sunflowers kept small by planting in a small container. Sunspots And… you guessed it… Mammoth Goldy Teddy Bear
  • Sunflowers in My Garden
    My grandmother always had a sunflower in her garden. Several years ago I secretly planted sunflowers on all four corners of my raised planter beds, since I didn’t tell my husband he almost pulled them up but because they were uniformly growing in all four corners he asked me if I planted something different; I did! We discovered how beautiful they made the whole backyard look. The kids next door were delighted when they saw them and are now are planting their own. The varieties of Sunflowers are endless . These are what I’m planting this year. Brown Eyed Girl: …