Property News · April 9, 2016

Alys Fowler: growing sunflowers from seed


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 have 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, 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 end 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, weather-worn stems for earwigs to hunker down in over winter. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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