Clifford Garstang is the author of six works of fiction including the novels The Last Bird of Paradise, Oliver’s Travels and The Shaman of Turtle Valley and the short story collections House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Zhang Boys Know, and In an Uncharted Country. He is also the editor of the acclaimed anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. A former international lawyer, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
>How beautiful! Love the red one, especially! Did you plant these? I have some growing (not yet opened, though) underneath a couple of my bird feeders 🙂
>Yes, these are in my garden. We planted a few varieties, which is fun. (I've often wondered why I don't get volunteer sunflowers under my birdfeeder . . .)
>Well, it seems the only way I can grow sunflowers is to let them sprout under the birdfeeders. I tried growing them last year… planted a couple of varieties, the red ones included, and nada.