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here's mine. the sunflower bed was getting straggly and this milk crate happened to be nearby. so, voila.. the table is now set for the birds.

LOL
Belly up to the buffet, birdies!

What a buffet!

What a good idea!! YUmmmm dinner!

I'd like to send you some chipmunks who would make short work of those sunflowers!

Still haven't figured out how to load pics to my new computer so can't post pics yet.

Cute.

Wow! You had a super harvest! Great way to get the birdies attention.

But shucks, I thought I was gonna get a shot of something else...whiskey, vodka, ????

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Originally posted by ga.karen:...But shucks, I thought I was gonna get a shot of something else...whiskey, vodka, ????

come on by.. think i have some.... wait i have to go look and see what it is..... ah, cognac. i have some cognac to offer you. should have dated the bottle when i bought it for that recipe eons ago. lets now just call it 'aged'. i hated to throw the rest away.. not when the store kept it under lock and key because it cost so much. what was i thinking? the recipe would have been just as fine without it. don't get me wrong.. i'm not a prude. its just that my drinking days are behind me... way way behind. do you think this stuff goes bad?

Bana, I think you had the right word.....aged! LOL

what a great idea. Very clever...and the birds should be flocking to your harvest table. I have one of those and some very scraggly sunflowers. Might just copy your idea!

ve

Cute Idea!

It will be fun to watch the birdies at the feast. They will be fat and happy for sure with all those sunflowers!

thanks for the replies, but thread was meant to share.. not just about my bird banquet table.

anyone else have end-of-season pictures to show us what you are doing now in your gardens?

Wow-wee ~ you sure have a lot of sunflowers!!! Were all those planted by the birds or did you plant a few yourself? That's a great idea for serving them to the birdies! I always waited for the sunflower heads to dry out before collecting the seeds (I only had 2 sunflowers!!! LOL)
My Stella day lilies are still blooming!

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wavey.. the sunflowers were all from stray squirrel/bird seed. i did not plan even one of them. did you notice the size variation? only that one was real huge.

they are from the black oil sunflower seeds for birds and not meant for human consumption. i'm assuming [and you know what 'they' say about that] that means these kids from the parent plant shouldn't be eaten either.

i know i should have let them dry longer on their stalks... but i'm so tired of looking at that scraggly bed that i just had to pull them out.

lucky you with your stella blooms. thats what i should have gotten. my d-lilies quit blooming a long time ago. i'm moving them this fall. maybe our winter rains will establish them better for blooming next year. btw, aren't stellas the yellow ones?

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Originally posted by bana:

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Originally posted by ga.karen:...But shucks, I thought I was gonna get a shot of something else...whiskey, vodka, ????

come on by.. think i have some.... wait i have to go look and see what it is..... ah, cognac. i have some cognac to offer you. should have dated the bottle when i bought it for that recipe eons ago. lets now just call it 'aged'. i hated to throw the rest away.. not when the store kept it under lock and key because it cost so much. what was i thinking? the recipe would have been just as fine without it. don't get me wrong.. i'm not a prude. its just that my drinking days are behind me... way way behind. do you think this stuff goes bad?

I don't do much drinking now either...I was just kidding around. But I have some brandy that might match yours in age. I think I bought it to make brandy balls one year. I also have rum for rum cakes & rum balls...it's newer!

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Originally posted by bana:
they are from the black oil sunflower seeds for birds and not meant for human consumption. i'm assuming [and you know what 'they' say about that] that means these kids from the parent plant shouldn't be eaten either.

I was curious about that, Bana. I found some info which says that the black oil sunflower seeds sold as birdseed aren't as tightly regulated for pesticide, fungicide, and other chemical residues as the striped seeds that are roasted and sold as people snacks. That's why they aren't meant for human consumption. I would assume that, if you didn't apply any chemicals to the flowers, you could theoretically roast and eat them, if they're palatable, that is.

Sorry I can't participate in your "end of summer" game. The drought has my yard looking pretty darn ugly. To perpetuate most of it in photos would just depress you.

Look Bana........I am a copy cat! Couldn't find my plastic crate, but I did have this empty container stand with a mesh top. Perfect!!!

Thanks for the great idea (from the goldfinches, chickadees & tufted titmice).

ve

thanks.. nettiej
thanks.. ve

this IS the 'ugly' time of year, isn't it? my mind is whirling with ideas of how to change things up when its timely to transplant.

gosh, nettie.. hope i haven't poisoned the soil with the black oil seeds germinating. oh well, too late now. if so, winter rains ought to help dilute whatever is there.

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Originally posted by bana:
gosh, nettie.. hope i haven't poisoned the soil with the black oil seeds germinating. oh well, too late now. if so, winter rains ought to help dilute whatever is there.

I highly doubt it would hurt your soil from the chemical residues. It isn't likely there are high amounts of them on the seed in the first place, otherwise it would surely hurt the birds. It's just that our "people food inspectors" aren't looking at all those bazillion tons of birdseed, making sure it's safe for people, too.

Now... I've never had birdfeeders, but I have neighbors who do. They can't grow grass under their feeders because of the black oil seed hulls on the ground. I'm sure it isn't the manmade chemical residue, but some inherent natural chemical in them that causes the problem. If you would happen to leave the hulls laying on the ground, I'm unsure how that would affect other plants you want to put there afterward; but a thick layer of them might well damage any existing plants or grass growing there.

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