My Sunflowers

My sunflowers are in full bloom and they're absolutely beautiful. My husband took the photo displayed on this post from my garden yesterday. It's very important for the other plants in your garden to get pollinated by bees, therefore sunflowers are an ideal choice for this purpose. Bees as well as butterflies swarm around the large yellow flower heads of these plants all day long during the summer months. What a blessing it is for me, to sit and watch nature, with all it's wonders at work, while at the same time reaping the benefits of my garden, along with the healthy meals that come from it.
My sunflowers are planted directly behind my Italian pole beans. I use their large stalks for my beans to vine up. Practicing this method saves me time and money. When planting time rolls around, I plant one row of Italian pole beans, then with the next row close behind, I plant sunflowers until I end up with at least eight altrinating rows.
It's pretty interesting to look at once they are both grown and coexisting happily together through out the summer season. It's also pretty neat walking inbetween the rows of towering mammoths, so I can collect all of the huge beans hanging off of their stalks.