Sunflower seeds galore!

Because the weather has been good today I have been out in the garden doing a little bit more tidying up. At this time of year there is always plenty to be cut back even though the garden is very small and there are also plants that need dividing or re-potting.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a large plastic cauldron which can be used as a hanging basket but it looks equally good standing on the ground so today I planted it with a couple of pink cyclamen, a small variegated ivy and white pansies for Sarah to put on her patio. This should give her some colour for the winter and I can do my pots later.
One of the other things I did was to re-pot my dwarf agapanthus which I have been meaning to do for the last two years but never got around to. The roots were really packed in tight and they had almost become part of the pot. I know they prefer to be tight in the pot in order to flower but that was taking things a bit too far so it should do better next summer!
This afternoon I pulled up some more sunflowers but still have plenty left for next week. I know that you're supposed to hang the heads upside down in a dry place to dry the seeds out but I have nowhere to do this. Last week I pulled some up and left the heads on the patio to dry in the sunshine and when it rained I bought them in and left them on the dining room table for a couple of days. When I rubbed the seeds out, I was surprised at how many there were so I spread them on some newspaper and left them for a day or so then I thought I would put some on the bird table to see if the birds would eat them. They would have to take the outer black husk of these because the ones they get in their seed mix have already had this done (the whole seed mix has been treated this way as it makes less mess).
The birds didn't get a look in though because when I looked out of the window a little while after I had put them out, the squirrel was sitting on the bird table really tucking in to the sunflower seeds. When he had finished most of them he explored the nut box which has peanuts in and he was trying to get the peanuts through the perspex front. It didn't take him long to realise that in order to get the nuts, you have to lift the lid and stick your head in!
So, even if the birds don't want to eat the sunflower seeds, I know someone else who will and as I've got so many they should see him through most of the winter.