Springs Hope Eternal ?

My hope-fantasy is that I will be able to reproduce the giant field of sunflowers I had three years ago. Reality is that I have actually replanted one set of sunflowers that had been yanked out of their bed by the light pole on St. Johns. Yes,I have put seeds of Helianthus Annuus in the concrete blocks surrounding the Urbfarm, but so far nothing has shown up. Perhaps one of the reasons is that I have uncovered the seeds each time I hosed down the blocks. I have also fallen in love with the blurb on the Moulin Rouge seed packet.It pictures a rich velvety, deep red, pollenless sunflower--excellent for cutting.The mass in the picture is so thick you can't see the ground in which they are planted. Reality is that I have managed to grow one spindly flower out of all the seeds. That orphan may not make it to adulthood given the stomping canines that amble through the flower garden. Oh well, hope springs eternal.