SUNFLOWER SEASON

It's that time of year....SUNFLOWER SEASON!  My favorite flower of all time, they make me so happy!  I planted my little piece of heaven about a month ago and it is growing like wildfire!  This time last year was my first time to plant seeds that I purchased...I was a SUNFLOWER NEWBIE!  I had so many flowers and really surprised myself that I could grow something so pretty.  Believe me, if I can grow it, anyone can grow it!!!
After the flowers bloomed last year, I cut them with about a 6 to 8 inch stem and hung them in my garage until they were fully dried.  The seeds will start poking out as they curl up and dry.  I pulled all the seeds out and stored them in a container.  Those seeds I harvested are the seeds that I planted this year.  I am so excited to see them grow and look forward to collecting the seeds once again for next year!

 Seeds just started to sprout! YIPPEE!

 

 The seedlings look a bit sad but they grow big and BEAUTIFUL!

 Look how much they grew in about 2 weeks!

Growing bigger every day!

My first SUNFLOWER showed her pretty face today 5-28-2013!

Looking forward to seeing many more SUNFLOWER FACES!