Earlier in the year we talked about growing giant vegetables, but we’ve also tried some big sunflowers as well.  we haven’t grown any champions, but we’re pretty pleased with the display that we’ve had.  They have sprinted past the sweetcorn in the old plot and reached the top of the fruit cage in the new one.

Can’t reach the top

Sunflowers by the fruit cage

as well as providing a splash of high summer colour, we’ve found that we tend to get quite a lot of bees on the flowers (although none posed for photos this week) and later on the birds like the seeds.

Ready for the bees