This is how bad a summer we've had....
My neighbour gave me some sunflower seedlings. They are meant to grow between 6-10 foot tall, with the flowers measuring about ten inches diameter.
For months I've nurtured them. They've had a weekly feed. They've been watered on the very rare occasion it hasn't rained. Slugs and caterpillars have been picked off and killed, and they've been securely staked against the winds.
Today one of them flowered.
Hurrah!
Except it's the size of a bloomin' dandelion, and is only three feet tall.
I don't think it'll inspire any budding Van Goghs to get their paints and easel out.
