Volunteer sunflower crop

When we got Arial she was just a baby. She was only three years old and was very under nourished and under loved. Our goal when we got her was to immediately fatten her up. She really needed some groceries. Arial always loses a bit of weight over the winter. This spring I have been feeding her sunflower seeds in her feed. They add a bit of fat to her diet and make her coat nice and shiny too.

 

Last week when I was giving Arial her evening scratch I noticed that there were a bunch of tall weeds in her field. I went over to check them out to see what they were. To my surprise I realized that they were pretty tall sunflowers plants.

 

I could not believe how tall they were. I had planted a bunch of sunflower seeds this year and they are still really wimpy. The sunflowers in Arial's field are not at all wimpy.

 

Tonight I dug them up and planted them in my flower garden. When I dug them out they were all located in the middle of a manure pile. I am sure this is the reason they are so big. Ah! The joys of natural fertilizer. I can officially say these sunflowers are completely organic.

 

This is a picture of my wimpy sunflowers.

 

Here are my "organic" field grown sunflowers planted next to my wimpy sunflowers. Quite a difference!

    

Thank you Arial for the new bigger and better crop of sunflowers! Love your Mumma.

Comments

[vicky]

Great story!

[Julie]

It's amazing how much of a difference there is between Arial's sunflowers and yours.

[Teri]

Arial is such a good gardener!

[tracey petersen]

She's repaying your kindness and care.

[Di]

Time to get a horsie pooper scooper and sprinkle it on the entire garden. :-))

DI
The Blue Ridge Gal

[Firefly Hill]

That is amazing! I have tried to grow sunflowers before without luck. Maybe I should try horse manure...which I happen to have plenty of!

Ariel looks beautiful! How could anyone under love that sweet thing...?

annie

[Virginia]

Maybe we could have Ariel stay up here for a bit with us so she could fertalize our ground!? Can't wait to see how the flowers bloom for you!