Vengeance will be mine!

@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

It really is. Did you harvest some seeds? They can be mighty tasty if you soak them in salt water and then bake 'em up just right.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

@CRK109 I don't know that any of the flowers I'm growing this year will get big enough to generate tasty seeds. We shall see!

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

28 May 16

@TheHorse I love sunflower seeds. I did harvest some from those flowers. I loved everything about having them in my yard.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

28 May 16

And the kids will enjoy watching them grow. Good luck. Hope the squirrel gods do not travel this far.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

I hope so too. In Oakland, we had more of a problem with slugs and snails. Out here in the boonies, further from the Bay, it seems that larger critters are more of a worry.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40672)

• United States

27 May 16

They do look bigger than the ones I saw in those little cups. The little roots have space to spread out and I know they will get bigger fast. They look a little weak right now, but I bet not for long. They have forgiven you for your neglect.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 May 16

Yes, I think they've forgiven me. I may sneak in a little Miracle Gro Quick Start to help them along. The corn in Berkeley is looking good too.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29321)

• Eugene, Oregon

28 May 16

They are looking quite chipper in their new environment.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

Yes, I would describe them as slender yet turgid. Heh. I hope the stems fatten up and that they continue to grow.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

27 May 16

There goes the sunflowers

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

They're happy so far!

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

27 May 16

My phone won't open the photo. No high speed Internet right now. It sounds as though they are doing better.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 May 16

They're doing well so far in their new home. Watering the droopy one actually made it feel better within a few hours when they were still on my balcony.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159606)

• Boise, Idaho

28 May 16

I hope they yield flowers. They look strong and healthy.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159606)

• Boise, Idaho

28 May 16

@TheHorse ....Well that is a plus. How they grow into fllowerdom.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

So far so good. The ones in Concord (Ground Squirrel Gardens) got munched, but some of the corn is still standing. The squash too.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72279)

• Philippines

28 May 16

Oh, I believe they will have flowed soon.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72279)

• Philippines

28 May 16

@TheHorse a few weeks won't be that long. Sun flowers grow quite pretty fast.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

I think it will be a few weeks before these guys actually flower.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

27 May 16

The sunflowers look to be doing pretty well, and of course there will be flowers

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

28 May 16

@TheHorse You'll just have to wait and see. Will you give them any help in the form of a fertiliser?

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

@jaboUK Yes, I have access to horse poop and also sometimes use Miracle Gro products.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

I hope they yield flowers. I wonder how big they'll get in that environment.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

29 May 16

Did you TELL

your buddies you were only pretending to do the work they ask you to do?

And I bet you got paid for doing it, too!

I think someone should report you!

After telling me to put out a good salad dressing where the ground squirrels could reach it here, I am surprised you would be worried about there being any ground squirrels left in California!

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

29 May 16

@TheHorse I don't agree with that, pony! I DO think you deserve all the love and hugs they give you, though! (Is it okay to be a bit jealous of the love and hugs you get?) (smiling!)

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 May 16

@DaddyEvil That's half the reason I work there. I get hugs and see loving eyes that want me to tell them a story or show them how to play my mandolin. The money is moot.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 May 16

You know, I think 4-year-olds and Plato are right. Everything is pretend. We don't know anything. I deserve every bit of pretend money they pay me.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (58188)

• Centralia, Washington

27 May 16

That's good for the kiddos to have a good- I presume good- male role model.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

I don't tell them about all the things I do that land me in prison.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (58188)

• Centralia, Washington

28 May 16

@TheHorse You are pretty devious.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326295)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 May 16

Won't the kids be thrilled if they flower? Plants face a lot of challenges in their lives - like most of the rest of us.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

They sure do. For some reason, I had really good success with sunflowers in Oakland, just South of Berkeley.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (326295)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 May 16

@TheHorse They are usually recommended as easy to grow.

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

28 May 16

I am planting my sunflowers this weekend.

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@TheHorse (206843)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 May 16

Sounds good. Do you grow the giants ones?

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

28 May 16

They look like they are coming along nicely. You know sunflowers get very tall. I used to grow a row of sunflowers in my garden every year. The seed are delicious parched, if the birds don't get them first. I love the look of them,so tall and stately.

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