CHAD PILSTER • Hays Daily News

A train heads westbound past a field of sunflowers near the Midland Marketing Coop grain elevator on Monday, August 5, 2013, in Toulon, Kansas. According to Wikipedia, to grow best, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil with heavy mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are planted about 1.5 ft and 1 in deep.