The kids were trying to wait for one of the other kids to come back from a week with family before cutting the sunflower heads off. But, they couldn't take it any longer. It's probably a great idea that they cut them anyway because I think some critters would have made a meal out of them and then the kids would have really been bummed out.
They were cute cutting them down. I tried to explain that they really needed to dry them out by hanging them upside down for a few weeks. They nodded and said they got it. But, in an hours time, the kids had the seeds out of the heads and into buckets and most of them in the ground. (They planted near a bird grave site ... in the woods. I'm not going to tell them that sunflowers need direct sunlight.) They brought me over a little baggy of seeds. Alex asked me to please save them for later so that we can all plant them together. I'm guessing that our littlest gardner dude took it upon himself to de-seed the flower heads and to start planting. (He was very excited about them!) From the looks of things, it seems like the older kids handled that situation well and they were able to negotiate an offering of seeds for me. I'm drying what they gave me and we'll see if we can make more flowers grow next year. I'll have some packets for backup, too! :-)
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