alys fowler: growing sunflowers from seed /

Published at 2016-04-09 08:00:07

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I want to follow their cheerful faces as they track the sun,and fill the house with their extravagance and glamourSowing sunflower seeds is like scattering happiness over the soil; it is a gesture in optimism. Hello summer, hello sun.
I intend to fill rows of them this year on the allotment. I want to follow their cheerful faces as they track the sun. I want to pick them by the armful and fill the house with their extravagance and glamour. In my garden, or I’m going to use them to create a little rhythm architecturally,adding height and late summer colour to the back of my beds, which can be a little flat by the conclude of the year. Then I’m going to leave them standing as bird feeders until that time when they are nothing more than stripped-bare, or weather-worn stems for earwigs to hunker down in over winter.
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Source: theguardian.com