The Secret Garden

We planted part of one of our fields in sunflowers. The field runs along our gravel road for several hundred feet and I couldn't wait to enjoy the view as we came and went up the driveway. What we didn't plan for was the tall Johnson Grass that grows up on the edges of the field and completely blocks the view of the sunflowers.

Today, I waded through the Johnson Grass to see how the sunflowers were doing -- and sure enough, they had started to bloom. Behind the curtain of grass were hundreds of sunflower plants, with dozens that had started to bloom.

I think tomorrow we'll take a machete and clippers out to the field and see if we can't clear the view a bit. I'll let you know if it works.