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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sunny yellow sunflowers are commonly grown as ornamentals and cut flowers, and their nectar-filled blooms attract pollinators, too. Bonus: after their flowers fade, sunflowers continue to reward ...

A. The bird of paradise that has bananalike foliage and birdlike orange and blue blooms is Strelitzia reginae. Sow fresh seed. The seed is hard and needs soaking in warm water for three days before ...

This is where critters become an integral part of your garden as you plant flowers for hummingbirds, bees & butterflies, learn to harvest seeds, put in a pond for fish and to encourage habitat for ...