Sunnyhills Sunflowers - seed collection

Our bees have done a great job of pollinating our Sunflowers. The petals have dropped off and the heads have been filling with heavy seeds.

Goldfinches and greenfinches  have been feasting on the seeds. We don't want them to eat them all! We're saving our seeds to sell in October. Sunhills will be the SUNFLOWER SUBURB!

We estimated how many seeds the heads held and grouped in tens to help us count. Enviro uses maths skills!

Collecting the seed heads

Can you see where the finches have eaten the seeds?

Estimating and counting. 

Each seed head can hold hundreds of seeds!