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| A field of Sunflowers at Ft Tryon Park, NYC |
The Field of Sunflowers
A simple guide for living on the Earth, with Earth.
Not only breathtakingly beautiful, sunflowers contain seeds that attract all kinds of creatures including humans. They are healthy sources of food and and very easy to collect. Sunflowers are native to the U.S. and are hardy, growing in almost any soil. They start blooming in July and I even saw one fighting to grow on my street in November (Here pictured on my birthday a few years ago) Engineers are now discovering that sunflower oil may be a valuable source for use in biofuels (alternative fuel for heating homes and powering engines) They are also one of my favorite flowers, along with the Forget-Me-Not.
I also just read that sunflower oil is a great and sustainable vegetable oil to use--just made some pumpkin bread with it, and it was lovely.
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