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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sunflower Festival in Botetourt County brings in lots of people every year. The sunflowers aren't just something pretty to look at. They're an actual crop that’s harvested in the winter time.

Sunflowers are obviously sun-loving plants and they don’t do well in the cold, so you’ll want to start prepping the soil for planting well after the temperature has stayed above 50 degrees during both ...

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 ...