The sun has got his hat on...

[Matt2584]

Hi folks,

As you may have seen in a previous post of mine, I was saying that earlier in the year I sowed onion, spinach, kale, 2 pumpkin and 2 sunflower seeds and got more than I bargained for.

The seeds didn’t grow at all. Well, 1 of the sunflower seeds have but I have 4 or 5 others nearby that I didn’t plant!

Anyhow, this is a photo of the one I’m sure I did plant.

Why did I get more than I bargained for? Well I think it has something to do with the compost in the soil.

We don’t have a bed full of soil only. We fill the bed with leaves and branches first (carbon and nitrogen). Top that with a layer of fruit and veg peelings then top that with homemade compost.

[Zest]

Hi Matt,

Wow, that's a lovely sunflower. Great that your compost produced such a tall and healthy looking plant.

Zest

[Matt2584 in reply to Zest]

Thank you Zest :).

I was a little worried the other day cos it was a bit windy during the night and I was hoping the wind would not break the stem.

Thankfully it didn’t break :).

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Wow! This is fantastic! Glad to see the flowers.😀👍