By Gail Leino
Be sure to order your sunflower seeds while you can because when the heat of the summer gets here it’s going to be too late to start those sunflowers let alone find any seeds to plant in the ground. They’ll all ready be snatched up. Sunflowers are probably the best way to introduce your child to the idea of gardening. They are like big, yellow, giants that the kids can come outside everyday to measure and add the end of the summer they can save the heads of the sunflowers and dry them for the seeds. Sunflower seeds themselves are fun treats for the kids because you have to shell them in order to get at the seed meat inside. Kids also love that they are actually eating something fresh out of their own garden.
You can of course find all kinds of Sunflowers to put in your garden. There are dwarf sunflowers that only come up to your waist and the Sunflower Giants that grow up to eight feet tall! Imagine growing that in the yard! Your child will probably want the biggest, yellowest Sunflower that you can find, but be sure to keep in mind the space requirements when you make that purchase. The really tall Sunflower types tend to break in strong winds so you may need to place them in a wind sheltered area of the yard, but they are sunflowers so they will still need lots of light
Also the birds and other common animals love sunflower seeds, so you’ll need to keep an eye out for the creatures while you are growing them. Otherwise you may not have any seeds left at the end of the summer to harvest. Since this is a project for the kids make sure to take lots of photographs and keep some of the sunflower petals to put in a special keepsake album.
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