Sunflowers additionally develop splendidly right here, from the Massive Russians to the bushy Teddy Bears to the fabulous ones in autumn oranges and golds in addition to your vintage yellow, both with one unmarried head or branching. I might put them within the vegie lawn to provide color and diversity if I assumed it could rain ceaselessly this yr, or if I might have the power to weed and feed them, however this yr I am sticking to probably the most crucial veg, now not simply to avoid wasting paintings and water, however as a result of hungry natural world have a tendency to treat our lawn as their shelter eating place in dry years. As we people can in reality purchase our veg, it sort of feels churlish to power off the wallabies, bower birds, king parrots et al – even though I am not relatively beneficiant sufficient to make my knees and again pain in order that they are able to haven’t begun every other delicacy like sunflowers. (If the natural world are actually hungry, we do additionally supply lucerne and grain pellets … and there can be carrot and candy potato feasting come the vacations.)
