My sunflowers are coming up!

@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

Those were from a few years ago at the rehab. My little plants are just poking through now.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

@mildredtabitha They should be big and happy by July or August.

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16049)

• Nairobi, Kenya

22 Mar

@TheHorse ooh. Alright. Let's give them another one year. They should look like those on the photo.

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vanny

@vandana7 (98852)

• India

22 Mar

I wish I had known you in person. You and I do think alike about teaching kids music and gardening apart from sports.

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vanny

@vandana7 (98852)

• India

22 Mar

@TheHorse Next life, I will hopefully get my chance to trouble you in person.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

@vandana7 What if we're both snails?

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

I teach sports too. I just invite kids into my world. Except for the unwholesome parts.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (57787)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

22 Mar

We got a lot of rain. Not that I am complaining. Just going to have a day or two of cold.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

I will check my soil later this morning. I see sun and scattered clouds outside right now.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (57787)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

22 Mar

@TheHorse That's nice. We have an overcast sky right now.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

@kaylachan Still sunny and temperate here. Actually, a lovely day.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (40556)

• United States

28 Mar

Your flowers are so cheery.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (40556)

• United States

28 Mar

@TheHorse All y'all and the garden look cheery!

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Mar

@1creekgirl Gardens are cheery. Especially when kids are involved in growing them.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Mar

What has been most cheery for me is teaching kids how to garden/farm!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156383)

• United States

23 Mar

I love sunflowers. I remember standing in the driveway as a kid, eating the sunflower seeds. Have a good weekend.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

I like eating sunflower seeds.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (28670)

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25 Mar

If we planted anything this early, it would get frozen. Here, it is highly recommended to not plant before Mother's Day. Enjoy!

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar

@MarieCoyle How cold is that? I think we're done with 32 F.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Mar

I think we are done with freezing nighttime temperatures.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (28670)

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25 Mar

@TheHorse It's supposed to be 58 tomorrow. Our problem is the nights get too cold still.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (170083)

• United States

23 Mar

Yay, Sunflowers! They can be majestic.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

We had majestic ones in Oakland. The ones on my balcony are humble but I still enjoy them.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36460)

• Toccoa, Georgia

23 Mar

They look great. I love sunflowers

@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

I do too. They're full of life. Just in case I sound too happy, here's a song by Greg Brown in which he uses sunflowers as a metaphor. Call me Eeyore.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

Those were from the garden in Oakland. It was amazing to me what the soil there (brimming with nutrients, it seems) could yield.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (49032)

• United States

22 Mar

I’ve always loved Sunflowers. They are such happy looking plants.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (49032)

• United States

22 Mar

@TheHorse hopefully you get good results.

@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

They really are. I gave my balcony garden a Miracle Grow bath this morning.

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Greg

@xander6464 (40884)

• Wapello, Iowa

23 Mar

It sounds like you're gonna need a bigger tractor.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95319)

• Marion, Ohio

22 Mar

Glad they are sprouting

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

I planted some more corn and green bean seeds today.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40466)

• United States

22 Mar

Sunflowers are fun because you can practically see them growing. The flowers are big and birds (and people) love the seeds.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (40466)

• United States

23 Mar

@TheHorse It is exciting for kids to see the sunflowers spring up so quickly and they don't need to wait for weeks to see a bit of green popping up.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Mar

@akalinus Sinflowrs are great teaching tools. I have had success with corn as well. And beans and peas.

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@TheHorse (205910)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Mar

They really do grow quickly.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57963)

• Centralia, Washington

22 Mar

Yes to teaching kids about gardening. We need more you. My gardener helper says our last frost date is May 8th- kind of depressed me. Meantime I plant Spring things like pansies and broccoli.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57963)

• Centralia, Washington

22 Mar

@TheHorse Let's see if I can spell this correctly: nasturiams. Anyway, these flowers are easy to grow from seeds, pretty and edible.