Bye, Bye Sunflowers

Remember the sunflowers back in July? Our tall friends, following the sun from East to West are past their prime and starting to die. Time to say goodbye to Helianthus annuus.

Here we are using the garden fork to dig out the sunflowers.

They have a substantial rootball just under the surface.

This pile will be tied up, then put out for yard waste next month.

There's quite an empty spot left by our 'happy face' plants. It won't be long until everything is out of the LipsYard garden. Kind of reminds me of how the White House is getting rid of all the happy faced 'Yes-men.'

I can't wait until it's time to plow the whole place under and start fresh.