Growing sunflowers to #plantsomesunshine
Are you growing sunflowers this spring and summer? We have planted some sunflower seeds and they are now growing on a window sill. This means they can be watered easily, whilst getting plenty of sunlight. We will move the flowers to the garden as soon as they are big enough to plant outside. Every year we plant sunflowers, alongside planting our vegetable patch as it always brings us such joy. We love the fact that the sunflowers look like giant sunshines, attract the bees and give the birds some seeds to eat in the autumn. We also love all the different varieties of sunflowers we grow but find the giant ones most fun to grow. This year during the global pandemic of Covid-19 we believe our sunflowers will really give us hope - something to watch grow and nurture throughout the war...