Reminded me of sweet corn... do you have a bird feeder?

That is what I thought it looked like too, as a matter of fact I do have a bird feeder. I had no idea that bird feed could actually grow! Really?!

Oh yeah you can end up with a whole crop of goodies under the bird feeder! Including sunflowers.

Bird food is made up of the seeds of plants....what birds eat in the wild.

Yes I know that, I just thought they were inert.

They may well be treated for insects, but otherwise still viable.

Just BTW my mother, who grew into an avid gardener, said when she and dad married and moved into there first house, she so badly wanted a veggie garden. Having no knowledge of such, she bought a packet of dried peas and soaked them overnight before planting them. LOL. Post WW2 depression days it was probably pretty expensive compost. I love it that we never stop learning. And nothing puts us off trying.

bird food is raw seed.. straight from the seed head ... dont presume its heat treated or some such.. like they might do for seed we eat ... in other words.. its not prepped for human consumption ....

i had to move my birdfeeder near a window that was over the driveway .... for all the weeds that grew under such ...

the birds really werent the bulk of the problem.... it was the darn squirrels.. that would knock most of the stuff out ...

ken