{"id":649,"date":"2014-09-23T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T20:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=649"},"modified":"2014-09-23T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T20:10:52","slug":"sunflower-heads-harvested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/sunflower-heads-harvested\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Heads Harvested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the garden is coming to a close I will be writing less about my latest harvests.\u00a0 This week I saw that many of the sunflower seeds were being eaten which means that the seeds are ready to be harvested.\u00a0 Rather than removing each seed individually it is better to just cut off the head and bring it inside to dry.\u00a0 This way birds, squirrels, or other pests will not be able to steal them.<\/p>\n<p>Once they dry you can then use the seeds for anything you want such as frying them, eating them as is, or just grinding them up for a sunflower seed meal.\u00a0 You can just feed them to birds if you like or put them in a bird feeder.\u00a0 The choice is up to you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I will most likely grind the head and the seeds and add them to my worm compost bin.\u00a0 This way they will be eaten and they will be returned to the soil as dense nutrients for next years harvest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-650\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-040-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sunflower Head\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-040-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-040.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see from this head that some pests got at the seeds before I could cut off the head.\u00a0 Damage is minimal and that is something to be glad about because it could be much worse.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a head that I could have left on the stalk for a few more days to complete ripening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-033-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sunflower Head #2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-033-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Picture-2-033.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will still let it dry and it will be useable mulch or meal once I grind it all up.\u00a0 Nothing in the garden will ever go to waste.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the garden is coming to a close I will be writing less about my latest harvests.\u00a0 This week I saw that many of the sunflower seeds were being eaten which means that the seeds are ready to be harvested.\u00a0 Rather than removing each seed individually it is better &#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,70,98,173],"tags":[25,226,225,26],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2014-season","category-beneficial-flowers","category-garden","category-harvesting","category-sunflower-2","tag-sunflower","tag-sunflower-harvest","tag-sunflower-head","tag-sunflowers","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunflower Heads Harvested - Eric&#039;s Organic Gardening Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the last plants to harvest from the summertime will include sunflower heads. 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