Her first tip is to wait until the back of the flower turns yellow; brown is even better. Harvesting is easy: simply pull the ...

Allow the seeds a few hours to completely dry before roasting. When the seeds are dry, spread them evenly on a cookie sheet and bake them at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-40 minutes.

Fill small pots with seed starting mix. Sow your sunflower seeds, one seed per pot, approximately 1 1/2 inches deep. Cover the seeds with seed starting mix and water well.

Prepare the seeds for roasting by removing the shell and covering with salted water (2 quarts of water to ¼ to 2 cups salt). Then, bring them to a boil and simmer for two hours, or soak in the ...

Harvesting your own sunflower seeds is a rewarding end-of-summer activity. Sunflowers are annuals, completing their life cycle in one season. Annuals have four main developmental phases from seed ...

Lifestyle Harvesting sunflower seeds Originally published August 27, 2010 at 7:00 pm Updated August 27, 2010 at 11:46 pm ...

Sunflowers are a favorite of kids of all ages. Not only are they fun to grow, but they're great to eat - that is - if you can beat the birds and squirrels to the seeds. Protect your harvest from ...