Teepee Time
I harvested sunflower row yesterday.
After hanging up the heads to finish drying, I just couldn't bring myself to throw away the stalks. They were just so sturdy! So Caleb and I came up with a solution...
Judging by the hair on the inside of one wall (discovered during today's picnic...yuck), our neighbor's stray feline friend thought it was a pretty good place to spend the night too.
After we built our teepee, we went on one of our explorer's walks. Look what I found!
....no matter how cool I tried to make my praying mantis seem, Caleb persisted in taking more interest in a passing by ant. Oh well.
After hanging up the heads to finish drying, I just couldn't bring myself to throw away the stalks. They were just so sturdy! So Caleb and I came up with a solution...
Judging by the hair on the inside of one wall (discovered during today's picnic...yuck), our neighbor's stray feline friend thought it was a pretty good place to spend the night too.
After we built our teepee, we went on one of our explorer's walks. Look what I found!
....no matter how cool I tried to make my praying mantis seem, Caleb persisted in taking more interest in a passing by ant. Oh well.
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Oooooo! Sunflowers! :-) Did you get to enjoy them before drying them? What are you going to do with them? Harvest the seeds?
I love Caleb's teepee! So cute!
We had 20ish sunflowers that were so cheerful for a few weeks. I let them fade and start drying out naturally before chopping them up. I started harvesting the seeds from the dried heads yesterday and plan on saving a handful to try planting next year. The rest will probably be fed to the birds during the winter since they've already been stealing them.