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| Sunflowers were planted behind a row of corn that has already been harvested. |
Sunflower harvest time! I read that when the yellow petals drop, and the back of the sunflower turns pale yellow, and you can see the seed heads pretty good, then it's time to harvest for drying. I think we are a little late (what's new?!!!) but it should be a nice start in getting some sunflower seeds for us and the birds. This is definitely something I hope gets expanded at the blue house in the future. Sunflowers everywhere! We planted a lot more than actually came up but the birds kept taking them out before they got big. But the row planted in with the corn actually made it through the scratch fest.
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| Drying upside down in the bunkhouse |
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| It's difficult to keep this caption PG rated! |
So today was harvest day. Chris cut them with two feet of stem remaining and I hung them up in the bunkhouse to dry. I'm not sure what will happen from there...seed-wise I mean. I keep thinking I am going to walk into the bunkhouse and seeds are going to be all over the floor. I figure I can just sweep them up. The magic of having chickens. They don't care where the seeds have been!
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