Sunflower competition 2006

[mc55]

wow Giantseeds, I bow in awe !! 

[giantseeds]

These must be winner's 

[sunflower_info]

Not so fast!  I haven't entered mine yet.        Can I enter if I'm in the US? 


I had my wife stand in, since she is shorter (6'3" vs. 5'4") and it makes them look even bigger. 

[giantseeds]

Very impressive! but i'm not done yet i still have another at 14ft and has just started it's head formation, i believe i will get a few more feet out of this one.  All will be revealed in time

[sunflower_info]

giantseeds, send me an email to sunflower_info@yahoo.com to talk about sunflowers. 

Lucky this isn't a maize competition.  I think I might make 20 ft. this year.   

[sunflower_info]

Have a couple pics we took day.  My co-star is my 3 month year old daughter, Ayla.  Her twin sister, Ellen was sleeping; so she didn't make any of the pics.






thought I would do a where's waldo for this one.

[giantseeds]

Wow!!! i think i can just see Waldo

[Tilia]

BBC GREAT BRITISH VILLAGE SHOW!

Have you ever imagined that your sunflowers could get you to HIGHGROVE, to meet THE PRINCE OF WALES??

The final of the BBC GREAT BRITISH VILLAGE SHOW will be held at Highgrove in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales. All you need to do to be there is enter the TALLEST SUNFLOWER category in one of our REGIONAL HEATS and the WINNERS will win a CASH PRIZE as well as attending the final at HIGHGROVE.

The SOUTH EAST winners are already through but if you can make any of the below dates and have a tall sunflower then dont hesitate to contact us:

TEL 0207 4322935  EMAIL gbvs@12yard.com

SOUTH WEST HEAT - SUNDAY 6th AUGUST at MONTACUTE HOUSE, SOMERSET
CENTRAL HEAT - SUNDAY 27th AUGUST at CALKE ABBEY, DERBYSHIRE
EAST ENGLAND HEAT - SUNDAY 3rd SEPT at WIMPOLE HALL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
WALES AND WEST HEAT - SUNDAY 17th SEPT at DYFFRYN GARDENS, CARDIFF
NORTHERN HEAT - SUNDAY 24th SEPT at NOSTELL PRIORY, WAKEFIELD

ALL ENTRIES WELCOME AND GOOD LUCK!

Was there nothing happening in Scotland then?

[cambourne7]

HI

2 photos taken on my phone last month, not big but pretty :-)

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/DSC00163.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/cambourne7/DSC00162.jpg

Cambourne7

[ollietheonion]

I didn't intend to plant or grow any Sunflowers this year, but one cheeky squirrel had other ideas. To my suprise I had 7 appear during the start of the year, The squirrel mix food I fed it, because it kept eating my new broad bean seeds that were starting to grow, decided to repay me back, and plant in my newly dug allotment, for a snack later. Yeah it forgot . But, for a novice gardener its been great watching them grow, and wonder how high they will eventually get. I do now plan to make a deliberate point to try and grow some without using the services of our local squirrel. To help my industrious friend get through the winter, I have noticed he likes and has a passion for wallnuts. Seems like I might have a few more broad beans early next year ! .

[Jeannine]

I wanted to buy big seeds and I looked on e bay,I found what sounded just right,cost was .99 p but postage was £ 9, this put me off bigtime, I would expect about 10 pound in weight for such high postage.

I just could not understand why such ridiculously high postage for a few weightless seeds,

XXJeannine

Someone very kindly sent me some so I didn't need to search anymore XX

[Robert_Brenchley]

Someone was out to rip you off; not many eBay sellers do this, but it's fairly well known.

[Jeannine]

It was someone called Giantseeds Company on Jersey XX Jeannine