tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155429946688188786.post6068228458391605498..comments2023-10-31T00:47:23.948+11:00Comments on The Drew Patch: Saturday's Backyard Bounty: Giant Russian SunflowersSherrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16762088276758854686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155429946688188786.post-91031587045886542182011-02-25T14:41:32.528+11:002011-02-25T14:41:32.528+11:00So sorry to hear that you have been having so much...So sorry to hear that you have been having so much garden trouble! It can be very discouraging when things don't grow like you imagine . . . or don't grow at all!<br />It sounds like lots of fun to share gardening with your son.Sherrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762088276758854686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155429946688188786.post-40152742500823163392011-02-22T20:48:39.241+11:002011-02-22T20:48:39.241+11:00Thanks Sherrin,
I love to see your beautiful plant...Thanks Sherrin,<br />I love to see your beautiful plantings, I'm in Brisbane, so the little patch I have has been alternately drowned by torrential rain, burned by the hot sun, eaten by possums and eaten by grasshoppers. At the moment I have only self sown pumpkins and celery of all things! (I love a sunburnt country.. of droughts and flooding rains!) You inspire me to keep having a go, perhaps in spring when the weather is milder! One of my sons is interested in gardening, so that is a lovely pursuit we can share!<br />thanks, JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155429946688188786.post-82690937787728736552011-02-22T20:17:42.350+11:002011-02-22T20:17:42.350+11:00Hello Jenny,
We can only thank God that we were a...Hello Jenny,<br /><br />We can only thank God that we were able to get most of the garden in before Mercy's birth. It is certainly more of a challenge in these newborn days!<br /><br />We are mainly growing the sunflowers to feed to the chooks. Before we had chickens I did a lot of research into what we could do with the seeds. However, shelling them sounded very time consuming!! Dave suggested making our own sunflower oil but I wasn't up for that :)! One thing you can do is to roast them with shells on and have with salt as a snack. We have not done this, but I read about it. <br /><br />To dry the heads we simply hung them in the shed for a while. The only problem with this was that the back of the head got a bit mouldy in some cases. However, the seeds still dried and stored well. <br /><br />Praise God that he creates things that are both beautiful and useful!! We see his amazing power around us all the time.Sherrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762088276758854686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155429946688188786.post-69944084241825136792011-02-21T13:15:01.661+11:002011-02-21T13:15:01.661+11:00Hi Sherrin,
I admire what you can do with your han...Hi Sherrin,<br />I admire what you can do with your hands so full! Do you harvest the sunflower seeds for eating, or just grow them for their beauty? If you do eat them, how do you dry them first or are they dry enough as is?<br />JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com