Look at these beauties! (Children included) We took a chance this year and threw in some sunflower seeds along our fence line. We planted 15, 4 came up. I am so thankful that only four came up. They grew over 8 feet tall, and produced thousands of seeds. We had never harvested sunflower seeds before, so we were all looking forward to it. We had to saw off the flower heads, then scrape the seeds out, soak them, roast them.... and we are still eating them. The next part was fun. We took turns karate chopping the stalks down. Unfortunately, the stalks were stronger than we were! HA! We ending up sawing them down as well, and then pulling out the roots. It was a nice way to wind down the summer.
Look at these beauties! (Children included) We took a chance this year and threw in some sunflower seeds along our fence line. We planted 15, 4 came up. I am so thankful that only four came up. They grew over 8 feet tall, and produced thousands of seeds. We had never harvested sunflower seeds before, so we were all looking forward to it. We had to saw off the flower heads, then scrape the seeds out, soak them, roast them.... and we are still eating them. The next part was fun. We took turns karate chopping the stalks down. Unfortunately, the stalks were stronger than we were! HA! We ending up sawing them down as well, and then pulling out the roots. It was a nice way to wind down the summer. 
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How exciting! I have always wanted to do that. Maybe next year we will have to call you for some tips. Looks like you guys are having lots of fun. Let us know if you come in town and maybe we can all get together.
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