Clifford Garstang is a fiction writer and former international lawyer. His first novel, THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY, was published in May 2019. His novel in stories, WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. He is also the author of two story collections, IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY and HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and the editor of three anthologies, EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET, Volumes I, II, and III. His new novel, OLIVER’S TRAVELS, will be published in May 2021.
>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.