The Many Uses of The Ultimate Survival Flower
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- In this video, we'll discuss the many survival uses for the sunflower. The entirety of the plant can be used for survival multiple purposes most do not know about. Read more here: bit.ly/3rS6bIU and sign up at bit.ly/34futCW to get member-specific content in our weekly newsletter.
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Thank you for this video! I did not know that about sunflowers 🌻❤️❤️ I previously saw a video from Emmymade called How to ears sunflower head” date August 23, 2020. It looks yummy!!!!
@City Prepping Greetings from North Sweden (not far from the Arctic circle)
If may I give a advice that I use when I make “flour surrogates” from various various vegetables and herbs. If the flour you create has very little sugar (monosaccharides or other easy accessible types of sugars) you can add sugar in any way you can, I’ve tried; (dried) carrot, honey, dried powdered fruits, etc. yeast (or better yet wild yeast) all need sugar to expand and make lofty bread.
Question About sunflowers:
Does the giant ones endure all climates.
(If I may point out that it be wise to always consider more than one sort and more then one way to get ahold of something that’s necessary.
Fact: The major X factor is weather, climate, and growth season. Cold, moist, short …all are variables.(not to mention other humans, animals etc who can take what you have grown..
Are all sunflowers edible? Are they all useful/ worth wile?
Question:
Have you experimented with wild yeast?
Suggestion: You should.
Fact: You will sooner or later run out of baking soda and pre-bought stuff when in a real sharp situation.
Question:
IF you know of any way to create baking soda I’d love to hear it.
Fact: In a dire situation steelwork is a awesome fire starter, easy lit, burns hot, and long.
REQUEST:
What would be VERY good to know is how to get salt if you live where there is only sweet water (far from any ocean) salt is necessary.
Best wishes
Lil
Very interesting 🌻🌻🌻
@@liliyakamala2348 some great questions about baking soda and salt. Where do you get wild yeast?
You forgot the petal? ;) Sunflower petals can be used as a tea, used in soups, make lip balms, soap, and more.
can't wait to try all these things with sunflowers!
does it matter if fresh or dried - for tea ?
The petals start to fall before the head is finished drying the seed completely.
I'd think you could make tea with fresh and dried petals. Once dried it wouldn't take as much though. Similar to herbs.
Wow. Never knew it. Jewelry also. Resin.
I swear I never knew you could do all of that with the sunflower I've heard of the sunflower oil but not all the other that's crazy
Mammoth Sunflowers are definitely in my top 5 survival crops. They don't need any working of the soil even with my heavy clay.
And they help propagate corn.
@@demsakawalkinglatetermabor7ion How do they do that?
They give shadow to lettuces, peas and strawberries.
I used fox farm bud & bloom with fox farm soil & other amendments my tallest sunflower was literally 15ft tall but unfortunately I got my seeds at Walmart they did not produce seeds due to the various types of sunflower that I found in the garden area I think next year I’m going to experiment with Mammoth sunflowers but put them in a greenhouse setting to regulate the temperature I live in southern Oregon it was 113 degrees 7-20-22 it wrecked my plants had too cut two of them down
I grow hundreds of sunflowers every summer. I did not know the stalk was edible. Life changing! Until I need it to survive, the bees and flies and Goldfinch are super happy at my house.
Just curious, why do you grow that many? There's a field near my house with thousands. It's a beautiful sight! I'd love to grow a lot in my yard but we live in a very woody area. So not much sunlight. They let the sunflowers in the field dry up.
@Hickory Root Farmstead, How do you use the stalk for the bees, flies and Goldfinch?
@@heartofdixieprepping4797 the heads have to dry up before harvesting for seeds. Maybe they're just removing any pesticides or herbicides in the soil? Both maybe.
@@justpatty7328 ok thanks. I sure wished they had grown. They were breathtaking last year.
Should start a be hive.. Then you'll have your own honey..
Another under-appreciated plant is the Cattail. Every part can be used, just like the Sunflower. Even the "slime" that is found between the leaves can be dried out and used like corn starch as a gravy thickener. Definitely worth looking into!
Great video! Keep up the great work!
Got that right. Natures down pillow with those fluffy seeds, or firestarter, cattail pasta, etc.
Iirc you need to be cautious about where you harvest them from as they filter out toxins in the water. So if you're getting them from a dirty creek on the side of the road you're risking consuming whatever nasties are in the water through the plant.
I don't remember the specifics, which means I'm off to Google it, lol. But I think you can still eat them, you just have to forego the part of the plant that does all the filtering.
@@grinningneko5480 This is true of most plants. But you are correct! We never harvest wild plants growing along a road, too! Only from good, known sources! Thanks for the tip!
Also beware of areas where chemicals may be sprayed by gardeners and landscapers.
That slime in the leaves is also an excellent topical painkiller.
interesting video ...Sunflowers are about the only plant I could safely identify in a SHTF scenario so this is really useful for a Townie like me ..
Dandelions are also very easy to Identify so that's somewhere to start
Check out cooking with Claira depression cooking she shares about eating dandelions. Lovely lady
Check out Sergei Boutenko's channel on RUclips... he also has a book about "wild edibles" . You would be surprised at how many of those "weeds" that are in your yard are good to eat and also to use as medication.
You should totally check out this book. Bought it on Amazon in paperback.
The Forager's Guide to Wild Edibles
by Nicole Apelian, Ph.D.
Great color pics, states plants can be found wild. How and what to harvest, prepare, recipes and poisonous look alikes.
Definitely get a wild edibles of the region u live in,this is what i did,i now have a small collection of diy and how to books on different subjects an bushcraft
Mix sunflowers over your broccoli, cabbages, lettuces, and cauliflower…the dappled shade from the sunflowers keeps them cooler as the plants age and need cooler temps and less sun than when young…yet doesn’t get in the way of the broccoli as it’s growing up high etc…the two crops can be right on top of each other practically and the growth is good for both! I grow mine in close rows and they shade and grow very well together!
my beans are currently enjoying twisting around my sunflowers as stakes too
Sunflower seed sprouts are key for winter greens. Peas, sunflower, mustard - all are affordable to buy raw in bulk to sprout for greens. Check out your local HMart or other Asian grocery store for large bags of these and other sproutable seeds.
Sounds good 👍
Do you sprout them like any other seed?
What about Rosselle?
Oh thanks. I just got a bean screen
Kale and Broccoli micro greens as well. You can get these in bulk bags on Amazon for a great price.
I just started growing sunflowers this year as a survival plant, so it was a total joy to see this video.
And I had no idea that the interior of the stalk was edible, so that was really cool to learn.
Thank you! :)
my favorite flower more useful than i thought
The younger leaves are edible as a green, too.
My chickens love the wild sunflower seeds that pop up in my yard
I’m so wound up I feel like using all CAPS! I’m an opinionated and hardcore gardener and have grown sunflowers maybe twice, as they take up a lot of room and shade my other plants. They also have a longer growing season and not a lot of produce to show for it, since rarely have I seen anyone get ANY seeds.
But I got schooled today! In 12 short minutes you’ve convinced me to grow sunflowers! That’s an amazing feat! Congratulations!
I’m SO impressed with this video it’s almost silly. I found you through watching Canadian Prepper. I’m rural, but so much of your content is relevant for everyone! I appreciate your channel so much.
Sunflowers: More than just a pretty emoji!
🌻🐞🌻
Here in Australia, I use sunflowers as a shade for lettuce, spinach in summer as the midday sun can cook anything
Another great idea for sunflowers is using them to grow peas on! The indigenous of north America would grow corn or sunflowers as the lattice for peas or beans, and then plant squash at the bottom as their sharp leaves would deter animals from chowing down! It's called the three sisters!
@@lisajohn7141 here in canada, I feed my sunflowers to my meat rabbits. They eat everything
Think it depends on where you are. Here in Texas I get 12-16 foot sunflowers, and these are not the mammoth varieties. I usually get 3 harvests in my area but the plants get successively smaller over the season as we move through hotter and dryer times.
Getting seeds is not a problem. Getting seeds without bugs can be. Harvest the flower heads as soon as the seeds are well formed. Dry indoors away from moths, flys, and beetles. If you are going to use for replanting spray the flower heads prior to drying with insecticide. Raid home and garden does well. Spray the seeds and the back of the flower. Harvest the seeds when thoroughly dried. Discard heads with insect activity. Collect the seeds from the rest. Spray the inside of a jar with insecticide fill with seeds, spray again and seal with a tight fitting lid and use oxygen absorbers.
For food use DO NOT USE insecticide. Dry, toss anything showing insect activity, collect and clean the seeds. Then sterilize your seeds in an oven on low heat, this kills the insects , but also the seed. No good for planting. Shell and freeze.
We get lots of seeds in many parts of the US so maybe it is your area not getting enough sun.
I knew sunflowers had a lot of uses but didn't realize the stock was edible. Thank you. ❤
I was a horticulturist once and wouldn't have thought to do all that with a sunflower.
Great video. I'd love to see a second one detailing the uses for the leaves and root. As well as the other stalk uses as well.
Here we have coconut trees that are just as versatile. Love that you are doing stuff about crops you should have and would be interested in more such videos
Yes coconuts and coconut oil is brilliant for you (so long as its not been pasteurised or otherwise meddled with ... )
this is the reason i only use coconut husk for my gardening mulch.
Yes. You can get pretty much everything from it.
I've got Moringa trees growing. Miracle trees. It's cool seeing this to add to my arsenal, things are going down hill quick.
Where did u get the seeds?
Stay prepped and safe
@@kylahh4903 online, Amazon I think.
@@kylahh4903 One place to order them is the ECHO Global Farms website.
The last scientific researches on moringa say it's rather the contrary of a miracle (at least for the leaves that are rather poisonous, the results didn't say about the seeds.)
Great video! You can make a pretty tasty type of sour cream or cheesy spread from sunflower seeds as well. Just soak them for a couple of hours and blend with water, salt and lots of lemon juice for sour cream. The mixture thickens while in the fridge. If you add garlic powder and onion powder and other herbs and spices you'll end up with a nice spread to eat on bread or to use as a pasta sauce.
Too late in the year for this season, but definitely next year.
ETA: you can also use the stalks to grow beans, peas, etc and get two crops from the same footprint.
Great idea!!
Additionally, you can grow THREE crops in one mound. You grow the sunflower, then the peas but my addition is to add in a squash plant to crowd out the weeds. It's called the 3 Sisters and was used by natives for thousands of years.
Four Sisters garden always include corn squash beans that climb the sunflowers
I'd avoid trying to make a loaf of bread out of the "sunflour" as there's no gluten which makes crumb structure of typical loafs possible however to make flat bread you don't need gluten. You would probably have more luck trying to make tortillas
This is the first year I’ve grown giant sunflowers. They’re amazing! I’ll be growing them every year from now on.
You missed at least one. Pollen and nectar forage for your bees one of your early images shows a honey bee on the sunflower.
I grew sunflowers this year for the first time and they were always COVERED in dozens of bees. I would harvest other garden goodies all around them and the bees left me completely alone.
It's my favorite flower. I love the sunflower over all. I'm exited that she is so much more than only the seeds. Will plant a lot of them in my garden! Thank you!
The bible is true. Jesus said:
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
They know what they can eat from the wild.
We lost our knowledge. We gave them power over food and water. Do we really need them? There are so many edible plants, nuts, roots, berries and mushrooms we can forage. Now is the best time to learn it again.
I just harvested a huge head yesterday. All sunflowers this year were volunteers from last year. I never watered them all summer long and I got the biggest head I've ever gotten. 🌻
Have you ever used dryer lint for kindling? Works great will ignite with flint.
A perfect video with history, practical use, tips and how to. I enjoy videos that are focused on a particular subject so it’s easy to search for this information when you want to refresh your memory or share the content with others. Thank you, CP
Glad you enjoyed it!
You should try using the flour to make biscuits. But use double acting baking powder. You should get a good rise.
@sprock I've actually used double acting with coconut flour and a bit of milk and got a pretty decent rise out of it.
What gives bread it's structure is the gluten the wheat flour has; ( but rye very little.) Yes, the yeast needs a starch to activate, but without gluten, the bread will be flat & dense. Like trying to frame a house without 2X4's! This is also why they market 'bread flour' - simply wheat flour with added gluten. You can also find just gluten for an additive. (Kneading is also what develops the gluten.) May I suggest you try a rye bread recipe and sub your sunflower flour. I learned a lot from your video thank you!
Which is also why I'm not a fan of the gluten free bread I'm supposed to be eating.
Thank you for the bread tips
@@winchucky You're most welcome. Cheers!
@@jerilee76 I wonder if it is really gluten that people react to when it could be the Glyphosate instead.
I've seen a Townsend video of rice bread. Maybe the technique can be applied to other ingredients?
Idea, save the flower petals, when dried, powder and put in capsules for Vitamin
A source, or can be added to soups, stews, gravies etc. I cut over 20 heads for drying and noticed the dried flower petals reminded me of the yellow petals from Calendula, which gave me the idea.
Amazing! Also... I would find useful a discussion of the "three sisters" - beans, corn and squash.
I've been doing three sisters via trial and error for the past few years. Year one we used sunflowers instead of corn (sunflower is sometimes used as a 4th sister), but this year we did actual corn. The ears aren't ready yet, and the beans have outgrown some of the corn stalks, and we made the mounds too small which shaded out the squash too much. Next year will be better, but at least we're learning.
I found that picking the beans was very hard to do in my small garden, without harming the corn. Guess I should have gave the rows more room between them.
@@susanthomas9330 the thing I discovered in my research was that traditionally they did shelling beans, not green beans, so I am trying that this year. Not having to worry about regular picking is nice.
@@corinneqofhearts5069 , Very useful information. How far apart did you space each sister's sections?
@@justpatty7328 The first year we just did a row of sunflowers and planted beans at their bases. This year we did (10) 18" mounds, about 24" apart, staggered in two rows. It ia a bit cozy, and we couldn't get as many beans as we wanted in the mounds. Unfortunately because we planted the squash late they didn't manage to produce. We're expanding for next year and giving squash their own mounds instead of interplanting them on the corn mounds.
Dry sunflower pith will catch a spark without being charred, and the stalk can be used as both the fire board and spindle in a hand fire drill.
I got a couple books that’s all on plants and how to use them for all sorts of things! To bad a lot of plants look alike lol 🤦♂️ I like the ones that I can tell apart from others! Is something I’ve always wanted to truly know more on. Thanks for the information brother.
There are many online websites for this
Did you know all grass is edible? Just have to find out what tastes good.
I got an app in my phone and a book. When learning I tried to identify plants when out walking with the book and then took a photo of them with phone to confirm with app.
What are the books you have? I love expanding my library
Great info, especially about pith flour.
Would love to see you make twine from the sunflower & any more of it's other uses.
WOW! I mean like WOW!!! Fantastic, informative and just... WOW! Great video! Thank you so much for your constant and great content!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
AMAZING video! 👏
You can also harvest the head of the Sunflower from large styles to the small.
Harvest the head of the Sunflowers before they open up. Cook like an Artichoke, cook until fork tender. Trim off the green tips. And Eat like an Artichoke heart!!!
I would love to see a part two of this.
yeast needs sugar to rise if the flour you are using doesnt have. For a typical loaf, with the yeast disolved in warm water, about 2 Tablespoons of sugar should do.
It doesn't have to be sugar. It could be honey or molasses or sorghum - just something to feed the yeast.
Yeast and sugar dough should not be baked before 24 hours because it binds up the zinc if basked fresh, not good for males especially
Vegetable oils are processed with HEXAINE which is poisonous.
Sugar is used by factories to rise the bread quickly. Not good. Speed is money for them.
Outstanding video!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for this!! I have been researching sunflowers and there’s so little info on how to eat/use them outside of seeds. I made sunflower leaf dolmas recently! So good!!
I never thought of making a flour from sunflower stalks! I will definitely have to try this in the fall...
If you want the cookies to stay together you need to add a binder such as gluten or gum to the mix.
For gluten free binders... xanthan gum works best for cookies and psyllium husk powder works best for bread.
I’ve gone 50/50 on both and have had great results
1st time to grow sunflowers, started in July in north Tx between my corn rows. They are amazing flowers/plants. Besides the beauty of them now I appreciated the versatility as well. Thank you for subject based video.
We used to grow the huge sunflowers to feed the birds, and entertain the grandkids. I never realized how many things the plant could be used for!
Thanks so much for sharing! I know what I’ll be growing every year from now on. 😁
I grow it as sprouts, and plants along with Jerusalem artichoke and yacón. The yacón root is super sweet. I've never tried regular sunflower root
yacon's so easy to grow isn't it! It keeps taking over my garden! Gotta say though, yield wise it disappoints me when compared to my sweet potatoes. My yacon creates a LOT of above ground foliage (which I've been told is edible, but I havent' tried) but just not a lot of tubers compared to the sweet potatoes it's sharing the garden with, so this year I've switched to mainly just the sweet potatoes cause of the better yield. Yacon's been relegated to my back garden with less sun, will see if it can handle growing there, if it can, it can stay :)
This video rocked!
What he said!
Really cool experiment with the cookies & bread.
Sunflower soda bread, that sounds like it's worth a try sometime
Brilliant! Thank you cattails and dandelions in that group as well!
This is great knowledge! I’ve been growing mammoth sunflowers for years. We don’t really eat sunflowers. I feed them to the birds in winter time and share them with friends.
I’m going to be trying this sunflower pith flour! Mine are ready to harvest now!
You forgot the petal? ;) Sunflower petals can be used as a tea, used in soups, make lip balms, soap, dyes, smoked like tobacco, and more.
These segments have been such a nice addition to your already very useful content. Thank you.
I’d try it for tortillas or other flat breads. Really fascinating video!
Great idea!
This is amazing. I needed a good reason to grow some beautiful Sunflowers.
Every prepped garden would be benefited by growing:
Sunflower
Cannabis/hemp
Moringa oleifera
Enjoyed the change up in format but I hope you continue all the good work your doing with the discussion format. I enjoyed both
Wow! And we just pull up our dead sunflowers and threw them out! Squirrels, birds and bees loved them though. They were super pretty and neighbors commented on them many times. Ours got to be as high as 11 feet tall and weren’t even mammoth sunflowers.
Sunflowers are my favorite. I always believe they are like the mother representation of nature. Now that I watch this video convinces me of my intuitive mind on regards of the flower.
Grew one during last lockdown, and harvested the seeds. It grew to 4 feet, but that was in desert environment as well. Sunflowers are accumulators plants they were can absorb radiation in the soils which is how they were used in Chernobyl.
And what happens to the radiation once absorbed? Does it break down faster or does it just move into the sunflower plant itself?
@@YoooItsRex I have no idea for radiation, but for chemical remediation, crops like sunflowers are grown, harvested & disposed of, taking the chemicals that were in the soil with them to the disposal site & over time leaving the soil clean & non-toxic
I was not aware of all of these awesome facts. I grew these for the first time this year and already harvested, but will be trying this when I grow again next year. Thank you so much.
Loved the video! Would LOVE to know an easy way to shell the seeds to get access to the edible portion of said seeds… or? A way to nutritionally eat the entire seeds
My dad and i just found your chanel and we are learning so much together, thank you
I love when you have your husband on. He’s so informative on the softer side of prepping!
And now I need all the sunflowers. Fortunately, those actually grow decently where I'm at!
Wow... That's Ahmazing. I need to start growing this asap 😇
My granddaughter has a sunflower plant growing around the vegetable, fruit and herb garden.
Last year I started with one package of the giant sunflower. I planted 12 and discovered when it was four feet tall the deer ate the tops off. I managed to save four plants in all by protecting them with netting. I saved the seeds from two of those and fed the others to the chickens. This year I planted the saved seeds and I now have hundreds of sunflowers growing. I planted inside the garden fence, in hopes of keeping the deer away, but I will also drape some netting over them when they are a bit bigger. Right now they are about 10 inches tall and I planted the seeds directly into the ground in mid-May.
I love this channel and all the informative videos. Can’t wait to grow some sunflowers. And btw, this new contributor’s voice is just transcendent. Who is it? He could be an audiobook narrator.
Love Sunflower 🌻 they are just amazing and delicious sunflower seeds. And for tea 🍵 💕🌺🌻
I grown small orange Mexican sunflowers, Jerusalem Artichoke, and zinnias!!
This is the best video I've seen on how to use a plant for food and other
Useful uses.
Thank you so so much.
I just love this type of segment of your channel. His voice is easy to listen to too! Great video!
Sunflower leaf tea reduces fever as well.
Amazing, I thought it was only good for the see6. Love this
Flatbreads can be just as enjoyable as a fluffy loaf of gluten. We use heirloom grown masa to make tortillas and dumplings. Masa is nixtalmalized corn flour and an ancient Native American practice that releases the nutrition locked in the corn kernels.
Am so ecstatic at having discovered this. We grew acres and acres of Sunflowers in South Africa in mid 1970's as a cash crop and the unbelievable head size will never be forgotten !! Now know just how valuable they are thanks to you and your experimentations for alternative food sources. How lucky we are to have such interested, devoted and talented people as yourself to show us the way through our trials of survival ... you are a giant amongst people !!
Thank you for sharing this video about the uses of the sunflower.
You are so welcome!
Nice to know. I appreciate the hard work put forth to make this video. Ironically, I was just thinking about buying and scattering sunflower seeds inside a sunny creek bed. This is confirmation my hunch was right. Thanks for the knowledge.
Thank you city prepper for sharing this information with us, it is much appreciated.
Wow! Came up with the idea of using the stalks as a firestarter and free treats for my chickens and found this video. I had no idea of all of the uses. We planted about 50 seeds last weekend. Will show dh this video and go ahead and plant the rest of the seeds. Will save seeds and start growing these every year. I especially like the idea of the cookies and maybe making a small garden fence or pea trellis with the stalks. Thank you so much for making this video.
Glad it was helpful. Since this video I've found even more uses. We should probably do another video. :) I'm growing jerusalem artichokes and black seed sunflowers this year. The mammoth variety was fun, though.
can you please do one about the stinging nettle? or have you done that already?
We grow giant sunflowers every year I didn't know they had so many uses
I grew about 30 giants in my garden this year. Faced them all on the north side so as not to block out the sun. Only problem I have is some are 13 to 14 feet tall. Stalks on several of them can't support the head. They are massive. I sprouted them all in cups at the same time but planted in two stages about 2 weeks apart. The first stage flowered and heads are looking down close to be harvested. The second group is flowering up real pretty. Looking forward to next spring where I will plant a couple of hundred. I
VERY good video. Thank you for sharing. My wife and I have a working knowledge of much plantlife, but had no idea we could eat all of the sunflower. This is one plant that grows far north in the USA. Much does not that used to flourish in Oklahoma. Thank you again.
When I was younger my family used to grow tons of sunflowers, I remember how much they thrived.
Sadly I don't have a yard so these out of the question. :(
Just another thing to add on my dream home wish list.
Go geurilla plant them in vacant lots or other non maintained green areas near you.
Sunflowers will happily grow in pots anywhere there is sun and soil. Several popped up in empty planters this year.
@@Growmap oh I may have to try that. Hopefully I can get some throwing, because they were fun to watch when I was young, plus knowing now that they have so many benefits is even better. :)
@@fixerupperer it's actually kind of temp thing to do that. On one of my weekly run I passed by a area that totally abandon, it may be a great place to start planting just in case.
fasinating sunflower info and the cookies amazing
This is amazing. Thank you so much. I'll never look at a sunflower the same again! I know with some gluten free flours xanthum gum helps. Might be worth a try...
Its crazy how little information and recipes there ia for sunflower pith! Thank you for experimenting
The sheet cookie still looks really delicious
This was fantastic information, THANK YOU! I just ordered on Amazon via your link. I appreciate it! I love sunflowers but had no idea they'd be so useful in survival.
That was incredible information. I had no idea that the flower & seed I love so much could do SO MUCH! Thank you.
I grow sunflower as a member of the "3 sisters" growing technique. While it's growing, it acts as a trellis for vining food crops like beans or peas. Then you can harvest the stalk for flour or whatever you want with it
I've heard you can make flour from the pods that grow on mesquite trees too. This was a fascinating and informative video. Great to get to see your experiments in cooking and fire starting!
I've been trying my hand at growing sunflowers, definitely gonna give it another try
Thank you for your time and energy, this is so educative, Bless you Sir🙏❤️😇
You can also sprout the seeds during the winter months and eat the sprouts for densely nutritious greens.
New to your channel. Great info on the many uses of the sunflower. I have seen, back in the hills of KY, many years ago, coarse fabric & rope made from stalks. Question: We bought solar panels but must still be ties to the NV Energy grid. But I still want solar back up. $20,000 for 2 Tesla batteries is just simply too much for us retirees. Any suggestion on affordable batteries to use in case something happens?
Thanks for this video.
You're welcome
This was excellent information, I never heard any of this before. I knew about the seeds, but no idea about the rest. Thank you for posting.
Wow! Had no idea sunflowers had so many uses. Thank you for sharing.
That voice threw me off, it’s not yours. 😂 Great video and info. Thanks for sharing!
Shawn joined the team and will be doing a video about once a week. He enjoys the kitchen and comes up with great ideas with cooking that I admittedly am horrible at :)
@@CityPrepping that’s awesome! I enjoy the variation in your videos.
The best information I have received. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have always loved the sunflower now I have more reasons way.
I watched another video where a couple made the sunflower flour. They used a small section of pipe to scoop and remove the center pulp and it worked better than a spoor or knife
You always have me sitting here with my mouth open from all of the super valuable information you provide. My goodness. I'm so grateful for you. 💞
I'm so glad!
I use the petals and florets for tea. Dry and put in a teapot with an infuser. Best with honey. Very good. If you like artichokes you will taste a hint of them in this tea.