Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Sunflower Seeds

Remember Dallin’s huge sunflowers?  Well, the sunflower seeds finally matured and so we decided to harvest them.

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I still can’t get over how big these things got. 

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They really were enormous and very very heavy!

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This huge pile of seeds was from only FOUR sunflowers.  Crazy!

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After harvesting them, I decided to try soaking them in salt and then roasting them in the oven.  They came out ok, but not as good as the ones you buy at the store.  I think I should have used DOUBLE the amount of salt that the recipe I had called for.  But, it was a good learning experience and now I know for next year! 

4 comments:

  1. Holy Cow those are enormous! I feel kinda stupid admitting this, but I never knew that the middle of the sunflower was the seeds. Neat!

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  2. Those really were huge! They look yummy! Plus I can not imagine that you could ever make something gross. We are totally going to have to try growing them next year. Tell Dallin we may need some sunflower tips.

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  3. I can't believe how big those flowers were. Dallin must have inherited a green thumb from grandaddy.

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  4. Holy smokes those babies are HUGE! Next year Dallin will have to tell us what the secret is to making such beautiful sunflowers.

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