Outdoor Wednesday-A Sunflower Question

Welcome to Outdoor Wednesday!

I have not posted an Outdoor Wednesday post

in a long time now.

Well, a few weeks anyway.

Thank you to Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for hosting!

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I have a question about sunflowers.

This is my first time ever to grow sunflowers.

Here is my first sunflower in bloom!

It is not one of those big ones.

I did not know it was going to be a smaller one.

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Before I go on.....

here are a few scenery pictures.

The fog rolling in from the Pacific Ocean.

We live about an hour away from the ocean.

But we still get the fog coming over those hills to the west.

I captured this scene from behind our house.

This is a different day.

We were on the way home from Joann's Fabrics.

B-Daddy slowed down so I could get this shot.

We are looking west were and the fog is coming over the hills

in the distance.

This is the road we were on.

An area of expensive homes.

I love driving on this road.

Great views.

Don't mind the dirty windshield!

Now we are back on the road I usually drive on

to and from work.

This tree lined section is really neat.

Sorry about the spots on the windshield.

This is what we see after we come out from the

tree tunnel.

Boy, I really need to clean my windshield!

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After that interlude,

back to the sunflower.

Once it appeared the sunflower was done,

I decided to clip it and explore my

first sunflower.

Here is it after I cleaned away some of the fuzz

and surrounding green cover.

I realized those are seeds there!

Well, I kinda knew there should be seeds there.

But being my first sunflower........

you know......

I wasn't sorta kinda sure.

You know what I mean?

I took some of the seeds out.

I always thought the seeds were darker with shells.

But I guess those are from the really

BIG

Sunflowers.

So I guess my question is:

Are these seeds edible?

Should I do something with them first?

Did I take them out of the sunflower too soon?

I am out of the loop when it comes to sunflowers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Pretty please??

Here is another close up of the seeds.

I have three more blooms out in the yard.

I want to know more of what to do

before I pick those.

Thanks!!

And now have a

Happy Outdoor Wednesday!

~Linnea~