Welcome to the thoughts and photos of FLYDDW. Texas, New Jersey, and Arizona living.

When I planted the garden, I had few expectations.  I've seen other plants grow before and others not at all.  What I expected was the okra and beans to take over the garden, and everything else to wilt, dry up, and blow away.

The sunflowers were the most interested to grow.  The seeds looked just like the ones you eat.  We put them in the soil and cover them up.  In about a week, they poked up thru the ground.  Then, they started on their upward climb.

up, up, up, Up, Up, UP, UP!!!  Yikes!

The tallest one is about 10 feet high - easily sticking over my neighbors fence.  The biggest flower is about 11 inches across.  I didn't spread the seeds out evenly, like in row.  So, they had to compete for sunlight.  It was funny to watch the slower growers grow sideways first before grow skyward.

They also took a LONG time to flower.  The stalks just grew and grew and grew.  G lad the flowers came out and look the way they do.

I about ready to strip the garden and plant some new stuff.