Beautiful, cheery sunflowers offer beauty for your garden and the promise of a delicious snack in the form of their seeds. Norbert Zingel / 500px / Getty Images Known for their brilliant yellow blooms ...

It is sunflower season in the sunflower state and harvest is just around the corner, starting mid-September into October. As seed heads begin to ripen, protecting them from birds is essential. said ...

Harvesting Sunflower Seeds? Here’s the Best Time to Do It originally appeared on Parade Home & Garden. If you planted sunflowers this season, there’s an extra bonus beyond enjoying their big, ...

Pick sunflower seeds when heads droop, turn yellow-brown, and petals fall—usually late summer. Cut heads with stem, dry upside down indoors, then rub seeds out once dry. Roast plain seeds 5–7 mins at ...

Harvesting your own sunflower seeds is a rewarding end-of-summer activity. Sunflowers are annuals, completing their life cycle in one season. Annuals have four main developmental phases from seed to ...

Not only a stunning plant, sunflowers produce delicious and healthy seeds packed with calcium. These seeds are perfect for snacks and the birds love them! A sunflower head is ready for harvest when ...

Sunflower seeds are a nutritious snack, a hearty food for wildlife, and a source of cooking oil. Annual sunflower species are a great flower to grow from seeds. Reseeding is a simple and affordable ...

When you’re growing sunflowers to harvest and sell the crop as bird seed, perhaps you need to expect the blackbirds to visit your fields for a tasty, free sample. No problem. Midland County farmer ...

If you grow sunflowers — and if they survived Hurricane Irene — harvest time is near. These gentle garden giants offer not only distinctive floral beauty, but also oil and seeds that are tasty and ...

A store in Yorktown, Va., welcomes people to its drive-thru pharmacy window with rows of sunflowers growing in soil around the building. The mere sight of the perky posies makes you smile, even if you ...