OK, April showers do bring June flowers.
Our sunflowers came a bit late, but they did come. We will have some for seed and some to feed our chickens. There are many flowers even though it does not look much like a uniform garden.
When I lived in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA, my neighbor had a cherry tree. The cherries were beautiful. The birds thought so too. The owner of the tree bought a big net and put it over the tree. This kept the birds from taking his harvest. Well, I kept that in my memory bank and tried to apply it to the field of sunflowers. We have lots of birds who like sunflower seeds. I explained to the farm manager how we could take old mosquito nets and put the fine nets over the large plants keeping the birds from devouring the seeds and still allow the sun to ripen them. We might then have the seeds to feed our chickens. I imagined a net tent made up of old mosquito nets.
Imagine my surprise when I was given this photo of the understanding of covering the flowers
Makes sense but too much work. Guess nature will have to take its own path. We may have fat, healthy wild birds. We also will have seeds for planting and food for chickens. My farm manager has assured me of this.