Comments on: 33. After the landing http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/ Playing with our food since 2005 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mrs D http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18365 Mrs D Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:28:04 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18365 Tricia, you know that would make a <i>great</i> beginning for a short story! Hmmm... Tricia, you know that would make a great beginning for a short story! Hmmm…

]]> By: Tricia http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18361 Tricia Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:46:33 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18361 We had a sunflower growing in our backyard this year. My middle son had planted it at school, and we transplanted it into the backyard. One day a few weeks ago it was mysteriously dead - the flower head gone, the stalk broken in half. Nobody claims to know anything about how it happened. It's sad. Maybe "they" came to get it, those people afraid of alien invasions... We had a sunflower growing in our backyard this year. My middle son had planted it at school, and we transplanted it into the backyard. One day a few weeks ago it was mysteriously dead - the flower head gone, the stalk broken in half. Nobody claims to know anything about how it happened. It’s sad. Maybe “they” came to get it, those people afraid of alien invasions…

]]> By: Mrs D http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18299 Mrs D Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:06:59 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18299 When I've grown them, I usually leave the seed heads standing. I try to get to the seeds at just the right time, but the crows almost always beat me to it. I have a friend who is unnerved enough by sunflowers that she refuses to grow them in her garden. There are times where I kinda see where she's coming from. When I’ve grown them, I usually leave the seed heads standing. I try to get to the seeds at just the right time, but the crows almost always beat me to it.

I have a friend who is unnerved enough by sunflowers that she refuses to grow them in her garden. There are times where I kinda see where she’s coming from.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18296 Kimberly Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:18:08 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2007/07/28/33-after-the-landing/#comment-18296 Yes, they do look like aliens, just looking around, trying to decide (through telepathic communication, of course) what to do next. One of our neighbors plants sunflowers on his corner every year. They're about 4' tall now, but will grow to 6' by the time their flowers open. He leaves the seed heads standing into the winter; I love watching the seeds gradually disappear, and seeing the pile of shells at the base of the stalk. Now you're almost 3/4 of the way there! Yes, they do look like aliens, just looking around, trying to decide (through telepathic communication, of course) what to do next. One of our neighbors plants sunflowers on his corner every year. They’re about 4′ tall now, but will grow to 6′ by the time their flowers open. He leaves the seed heads standing into the winter; I love watching the seeds gradually disappear, and seeing the pile of shells at the base of the stalk.

Now you’re almost 3/4 of the way there!

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