I know what you’re thinking; this is a fake flower.
That’s an understandable conclusion, given our horticultural history:
-Whenever we have any flower or plant or tree in or around our house, it’s a fake.
-Neither Frank nor I have ever grown anything—not even a Chia pet.
-Our “garden” in the front yard is the laughing stock of the neighborhood. Our neighbor even offered to plant flowers FOR us.
-We once went to Home Depot to look for plants and quickly left in confusion. We did, however, pick up a CD about gardening. (I kept it about three weeks before I threw it away).
So I don’t blame you for thinking this miraculous sunflower is faux.
But it’s not! We grew this!
Here's how: Back in May the salty snack company that Frank works for announced they were switching to sunflower oil. As part of this announcement they gave all the employees packets of sunflower seeds—the kind you plant, not the kind you eat. Or is that the same thing?
Anyway, we decided to stick them in the ground and 120 days later, voila!
The bad news is we had about nine of them and only two grew.
The good news is two grew!
We even bought this cute watering can to go with them.
We love our sunflowers! We’re thinking of planting a whole sunflower garden! (Here's hoping Frank's company doesn't switch to poison ivy oil or something.)
5 comments:
Do you talk to them? They look good, they would be pretty all along the back fence next year!!
Wow, that looks awesome!
I finally learned to grow plants and flowers in the past few years.
Apparently it is in our blood, since our greatgrandmother founded the Garden Club of Memphis in the early 1900's! She would be so proud of you!
I remember seeing those right after you planted them! They look great! Maybe I'll try growing some, since everything else I plant dies.
Looks great wonder how you got them to grow looks like you are on back porch and don't they need sun did you grow there back yard in house the mystery to how you did it remains----Dad Frankie
I talk to them a little but since our backyard is so exposed, it's kinda awkward. I say, "Hi, sunflowers. You look good." (not in a creepy way).
All we do is water them and they are actually in a place where they get a lot of sun (since we have no trees).
Oh, and the Court Report suggested that we get this stuff to spray on them to keep bugs away so that helped too.
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