Sunflower Seed Heads

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We grow and sell All Natural Sunflower Seed Heads in a variety of sizes for all sorts of wildlife.

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Welcome To Bluebird Meadows of Stevensville, Michigan When we see that most of the blooms within the sunflower head have been pollinated, we protect the seed heads with netting. Once all of the seeds in a head have set, we cut the seed heads for drying in our greenhouse. Of course, this causes quite a commotion in the goldfinch population on our farm since they think THEY should be able to have the large seed heads. Guess there are critics everywhere you go.		One of our sunflower fields in late August with netting draped over the ripening seed heads
Birds Whole sunflower seed heads are a natural way to help the birds make it through the winter. Fill the empty seed heads with peanut butter for continued nourishment. In addition to wild birds, sunflower seed heads are appreciated by all sorts of . Why not treat your parakeet or cockatiel to a tasty seed head?	Mammals Sunflower seed heads are a natural source of food for squirrels, hamsters, gerbils, and all sorts of furry friends - including small monkeys. Many of these little critters have fun playing with the seed head as well as chowing down on the seeds. Izzy the chinchilla with one of our small sunflower seed heads.	Craft Projects A sunflower seed head can make an interesting addition to many craft projects. You can attach a few sunflower seed heads to a grapevine wreath base as shown above. Also, add a few seed heads to your next popcorn string with cranberries for outdoor (or indoor) evergreen decorations. Milly Pollock of Chico, CA sent us this photo of a Sunshine Wreath she made from one of our Sunflower Seed Heads
The squirrels and birds at our farm know they can always find a tasty Sunflower Seed Head
Positioning Seed Heads Sunflower seed heads can be displayed in a variety of ways. The simplest is to just lay the seed head on its back. For hanging, we make use of screw eyes in the woody backs. Outside, we hang these eyes on 1-1/4" cup hooks screwed in to a post. For cages, put the seed head inside and slip the screw eye through the cage. On the outside of the cage, slip a short length of wooden dowel rod through the eye as a holder. A screw eye in the back of one of our small seed heads.	One medium seed head laying flat and two small seed heads hanging from cup hooks. If you have squirrels (like we do), use pliers to close the cup hooks most of the way.	A Nibbler sized seed head with a dowel rod pin. You might try a rubber band over both ends of the dowel if it has a tendency to slip through. A tapered piece of a tree branch does good as it fits snuggly. We are told that a plastic bag twistie also works well to secure the scew eye to the bars of the cage.
Sunflower seed heads are a great gift idea for bird lovers and folks with seed-eating furry pets.
Journal Notes 1/15/08 - We had to drop our "Organic" designation due to growth of the business. We have selected "All Natural" as our new descriptor. 9/30/11 - After a week long rain, we had 50mph winds for 12 hrs straight that blew over many sunflowers. We quickly harvested them and put them in our greenhouse for drying. 11/3/11 - The first harvest is dried and ready for sale. On 11/4 we will harvest our last field - mostly small, tiny, and nibblers. 11/14 - The Shopping Cart for our Web site failed. Moving the business to GoDaddy.com 12/4 - New Web site is operational, sending e-mails to Guestbook contacts	Seeds While we endeavor to provide complete seed heads, some seeds may drop from the heads during picking, drying, and shipping. Seed Types We plant a variety of store bought seeds and seeds saved from the previous season to produce the best seed heads. As a result, your seed heads may be white, black, striped, gray, etc. If you want only a certain color/type, please let us know in the "Comments" section of the order form.	Sizes/Shapes Sunflower seed heads are measured when they are taken from the field and sorted. During the drying process some shrinkage may occur. Also, some seed heads are dome-shaped or elongated - their sizes are estimated as if they were flattened. Dried sunflower seed heads on our drying racks
What Our Customers Say Karen M. of Phoenix, AZ ~ "My bird loved them . . . she didn't want to eat anything else"
USA Deliveries Only Our Sunflower Seed Heads are considered an "Agricultural Product" and cannot be shipped by us to international destinations. Orders from Canada and Mexico are welcome, prodived a USA shipping address is provided.