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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dry, harvest, and prepare homegrown sunflower seeds with these quick tips The Spruce / Colleen & Shannon Graham Sunny yellow ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sunflowers add a cheerful charm to the garden, with dramatically colored petals on heads that follow the sun. Plus, their seeds are edible. Once you enjoy the blooming flowers, you can harvest them ...

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 ...

I have spent all summer watching my giant sunflowers grow to amazing heights, and they have been crowned with stunning blooms, and those blooms are beginning to turn into heavy seed crops. But even ...