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Sunflowers: From Seed to Tower in an Hour?
Not really, but it seems that way when a tiny seed produces a nine-foot plant in 90 days. It’s August, and our flower season is coming to an end. It’s been glorious. We planted our neat little row...
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Sunflower Seeds
I just came up the driveway and startled a pair of squirrels who were halfway up the sunflower stalks. In prior years, the sunflower stalks snapped and drooped early from the increasing weight and the...
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Back to the Drawing Board: Sunflower Seed Do-Over
Did you see the sweet little photo I posted earlier this week? It was my celebratory shot of my emerging sunflowers. If I hadn’t snapped a picture, I’d have thought I imagined the whole thing....
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Thwarting Squirrels: A Different Kind of Screensaver
I headed to my local garden center this week in search of Floating Row Covers (I blogged about them here). I got lazy, and drifted into the Home Depot parking lot instead since it’s closer. After a...
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Smiling Sunflowers
Okay, technically sunflowers don’t smile. The effect is pretty much the same, though. When I look out my window they’re waving in the breeze, nodding their sunny flower heads and vibrating with bees....
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In a Vase on Monday: Sunflowers Last Call
My sunflowers are going fast. Staying true to their DNA, sunflowers grow from seed to seed in about 90 days. I planted mine in mid-May so I’m on borrowed time. The shortest of the sunflowers bloomed...
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