All I could think is HOW COOL it would be to utilize the little flowers you brushed off as a natural confetti!! It would be neat to collect all of those cute little buds and let them dry. I'm getting married next year and was looking at natural confetti!
The things one learns and sees on this channel, year after year I’m impressed, inspired and enlightened. I’ve never before seen a sunflower up close (nor the insides). Amazing and thank you ..as always...
@@sinmore11 Actually I have seen far more by having a computer and the internet than I could have seen in my lifetime without, we can't be and go everywhere but with the internet with just a click of the mouse we can travel to faraway places that we would never have seen what they look like otherwise.
When I was a child, I remember how sore my hands got when removing the seeds from the giant sunflower heads. My parents always raised some fun things like popcorn, oodles of flowers, and giant sunflowers in the garden, along with all kinds of regular veggies. This year I grew 3 different varieties of sunflowers (all had short stocks), the kind you use for cut flowers. Squirrels have been chewing off the whole heads, I presumed they are eating them until I found one head half planted in a flowerpot, crazy little critters! ~Margie
I set aside coneflower seed heads in a flowerpot to plant them in my backyard later. Probably 8 of them. The next day, I didn't think anything of the tipped over pot because we've had a lot of wind. Dang if those critters (squirrels) didn't run off with the coneflowers... all but one I found discarded like Cinderella's glass slipper among my bagged leaves. We'll see if the seeds take next season.
I have no idea why, but watching those little top layer of blossoms get brushed off is extremely satisfying. I hope to plant some sunflowers one day..... just to do that part. Hahaha.
Did anyone else see little lady bug crawling upon your shoulder? And Benjamin is so cute - what fun he must have when his home is so full of many wonderful things to explore and experience!
The amazing sunflower. I have heard that the pattern of the seed spacing measured form a fibonacci sequence, just like many things in nature (pine cone, nautilus shell)
I am gonna sound kinda nutty and dramatic but Laura, Aaron you have changed me. How I see things around me has changed. I never liked sunflowers...and I only thought there was one or two kinds. I had no idea what beauty there is in them. I would never have thought of feeding the wildlife, gathering seeds, or using for cut flowers. I could write a short novel on how you have opened my eyes and how thankful i am. Typing that last sentence has my eyes full of tears. Thank you . Maybe i need to write a letter and send as there is so much i would like to say. God Bless
Yes, amazing design by and amazing designer, the great I AM ( self existing one). I don't meant to chime in to make you feel ganged up on, picked on, or anything negative ! I just respectfully urge you/everyone to check into it ! Solid scientific research, even that done by honest scientists who were not at the time believers and some who still aren't yet, actually back up what the Bible says. And we see in the Bible that God created space, time and matter. Then, everything else, and all creatures and plants to "reproduce after their kind" . Many scientific discoveries were made because the researcher believed the Bible, such as the man who discovered/mapped the oceanic currents, after reading a reference to them in the Bible. At the very least, it's a super famous, long lasting, best selling book and the scientific stuff is definitely worth checking into, is fun and super interesting, so I hope everybody goes over to ICR.org to check out the content there and subscribe to their free magazine. Plenty of technical stuff but most of it is available in articles written for the layman.
Hey, Laura! My grandma used to grow sunflowers for the seeds and the way we harvested them when I was growing up was by placing a large tarp on the ground and hitting the sunflowers with a stick. That way, all the seeds just jump out on the tarp and your fingers don't get hurt :D I am so happy to have found your channel!
Sunflowers eaten by them = all good, seed is very cheap anyway. Sunflower blooms that took 2-3 months+ to grow gnawed down by squirrels? I'd put my animal-loving ways on pause just to deal with them. Or sic my cat on them if he was alive.
WoW!!! What an impressive sight...I have seen & eaten sunflowers & their seeds throughout my 36 years of life! I have to tell you that I literally had my mouth wide open in complete AWW as I watched this entire vlog. I truly had NOT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA how majestic & glorious flowers could truly truly be. Thank you for always sharing! Sincerely, Susie J
I remember years ago when my parent used to garden, they’d let them dry a little then put down huge mats on the floor and get a one inch thick stick probably 2-3 feet long and just hit the sunflower heads and all the seeds would come off.
I grew some in my back yard and i got a whole big tupperware bowl just out of one flour. My seeds were charcol grey. I roasted them with my lavender plants. So good.
Benjamin with a tray of sunflower seeds...PRICELESS! Even if I hadn’t learn anything, which I learned a lot, I would have watched just to see Benjamin! He loved how it felt on his hands☺️🤍♥️ He’s such a joy!!!!
I plant these sunflowers every year for my chickens. They love them as a treat. Plus it's fun to watch them pick each seed off the heads! thank you for being such an inspiration to me!
This is my favorite part lol. I love all the different varieties of sunflowers. I saved a lot of my seeds for future planting and for our bird feeders. The wildlife gets to my seeds so quickly, so I have to harvest them a lot earlier than most people do. Also, the humidity and rain causes them to mold if I leave them on there too long. Thanks for sharing! Those sunflower heads are gorgeous! I love that each seed has it's own flower.. 🌻🍃
Random: my granny always planted a small garden in front of the house every spring. One time I said let’s add sunflowers …. We didn’t know that they would tour over the other flowers 😂😂😂. They were like 3/4 ft and the came back the next year 😂😂. It was a funny surprise.
Laura: Hey...i grew that! Me: she sounds like me when I am trying to get the kids to eat. Hey...I cooked that!...lol. I love this video. I never knew what the inside of a sunflower looked like. Also...Benjamin is tbe cutest!!
What an incredible harvest; I’d put some in a plastic tub and add some of Benjamin’s tractors, cars or favorite toys to create a sensory bin. He could enjoy through the winter months when it’s too cold to play outside.
Laura, you are as sweet, fresh, organic, and lovely as your gardens and sunflowers! Who wouldn’t want to be your life partner. You dear are a wonderful lady and being!
I have actually never seen seeds on or taken off a sunflowers like that before. How amazing!!! Also cannot get over the size of them as well! Thanks for the lesson on sunflowers today! 💛
Benjamin reminds me of my daughter when she was that little.......so funny! Love seeing him. What a fantastic seed harvest! I think I'll be growing some giant sunflowers next year. Thank you, Laura xoxo
I just learned about sunflower harvesting, which I never knew before. The little flowers, that you scraped off...always learning something new. Those heads are huge!
Fabulous video 🌻 🌻 they’re all fabulous videos!! Those sunflower heads were huge!! Loved it when you explained to the chickens ‘hey, I grew that’ 🤣 I’m really looking forward to when Aaron starts the composting.
Benjamin is going to have so many stories about his mom and what she use to do with so many different things! Much like yourself and your mom. I love that you take such good care of your chickens! Maybe breaking up some of the seeds and spreading them around the sunflower will encourage them to pick at it. It’s learning process for them. Not every chicken gets served a sunflower head filled with goodies!
I love watching the birds feed off my sunflowers! I also love harvesting the seeds! Good tips for harvesting & storing sunflowers! Sunflowers are so pretty in each stage of their growth! Love watching Benjamin playing in the sunflower seeds & his reaction when some spilled - priceless!! 😃👍🍁🍂🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
You have harvested sunflowers. Can I ask, do you wash them or rinse them after they are shelled. I realize the dust is normal...but does it affect the nut itself or just the shell? Thank you.
I gasped when you tripped, then reflexively said "what do you say, Grace?" So glad you caught yourself! I do that all the time, but instead of looking to see if the camera caught it, I look around to see if the neighbors were watching 🤣. And that ladybug 🐞. Someone's watching over you!
I teach kindergarten and we were reading a wonderful book about the seasons and it mentioned sunflower seeds for the birds in the winter. None of my children were familiar with growing and harvesting sunflower seeds and I used your video to answer their questions. It was just perfect for my young learners and they were completely engaged in the work. Thank you for having such wonderful videos for both adults and kids,
6:23 Nice save 🤗 love your channel! I am a zone 6 as well and I'm really learning a lot from you about the plants that can grow in my/our areas. Thank you!
My favorite part was watching Benjamin at the end . He’s so big. Cant believe I’ve been watching since even before he was coming!!!! Congratulations on the new addition. I can’t wait to see her too!!!! Love you guys! Someday i will make it over there to actually walk around the yard i know so well❤️
Salted and roasted sunflower seeds are hugely popular as a snack in Greece. Give them a try Laura, they are addictive and absolutely free 😉 used to help my granny collect them at the end of the summer, we used a thick stick and would knock the back of the head to collect them, easy enough when they're properly dry.
I love your sweet little passenger on your shoulder ....🐞🐞🐞🐞 later crawled in your hair ... Benjamin was so cute ! I learned a lot about sunflowers I never knew ... thank you enjoy your day ❤️
I loved this video! I haven’t ever seen this done. I learned so much from it. Thanks Laura for another fun and educational moment. I always look so forward to y’all’s videos. I can’t wait to watch the tour from this week. Saving it for this weekend. Much love to your sweet family! 💙💖
Omg you are the sweetest sole in the world. Every time I watch your videos I want to be your neighbor and friend. Keep doing what you do, making people happy and inspired. You and your family are blessed and I wish you Fall Joy🍁❤️
In these crazy times, I truly do enjoy your videos - not only for the instruction but for the cinematography, your kind and calming way about you and your family and the way you let us peek at the cute moments with Benjamin! Thank you for sharing this with us!
And by the way..... i love vegetable gardening but you have really gotten me into all the other plants like trees and succulents. I live in the so cal mountains so many of the traditional Southern California gardening ways are much different for me when i get 3 feet of snow in one day but the next day can be 70 degrees. I found you originally learning about succulents and since failing and watching you i have now many survivors that flourish!! Thank you Aaron and Laura!, you are my inspiration that i can do this!!!!! Ps. So glad to see Aaron learning names and loving the garden more and more, you have me following indefinitely.
Oh my, those HUGE sunflowers, so beautiful. Couldn't help but watch the lady bug crawling on your jacket at your shoulder :-) and yes to roasted sunflower seeds. Yum!
When you mentioned in your tour yesterday that you were going to just leave the seeds for the birds, I was surprised that no one in your family wanted them. I am glad to see that you guys are enjoying your harvest too! Boy those sunflowers are impressive!
OMG I love sunflower soo much to purity on the soil to clean off radioactive and toxic metals off on the soils, I really want to garden it next to my plants in the fields.
I planted two varieties of sunflowers this year. One was Busy Bee and the other was Velvet Queen. The Busy Bees were very small and didn’t produce flowers for very long, but the Velvet Queens were amazing! The petals were reddish and gold and they blossomed for a long time. I have watched goldfinches eating from them for quite some time. There probably aren’t many seeds left for us to harvest at this point but you inspired me to go check! Now I know how to harvest the seeds, so I am thankful for that! I’ll have my nine year old son help me to check and it will be a wonderful learning experience for him too.
Awww, Benjamin is the adorable helper every mom needs. So sweet. What a great harvest of seeds. Those plants survived all the crazy weather you had & still were so heavy with seeds. Wow Factor!
If you’d care for an SLP idea, when he gets a little older, you could have Benjamin use the seeds to practice “writing” letters and even spell his name. Sensory activities such as this are a great pre-writing experience. He is a joy to watch!
Wow! That was amazing! My husband and I planted sunflowers for the first time ever, at the end of April of this year. We surprised a lot of people (ourselves included), at how tall our Mammoth sunflowers grew….in 3ft by 12in pots…a couple of them grew to 8ft tall, This has been one of the top 5 best experiences of my life.
Wow! I didn't know how a sunflower could give so much! the beauty of just being a garden flower, then food for the fowls of the air, and nourishment for people too! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and educational video!
I thought my chickens were weird when they didn’t immediately attack the sunflower head. They were terrified of it 😂. Two days later I guess they decided it was harmless and devoured it.
Sent a picture of how big the sunflower heads were to my husband. He said he has never seen ones that big! I told him "this is Laura now , come on"!!! Love you guys, Benjamin melts my heart every video he is in such a cutie!!
Guess you really have to love working with the earth to think this video was fun watching and thoroughly satisfying! Thank you for your channel! One of my faves for sure....
This was very interesting! You are such a wealth of knowledge, Laura! Question: Do you individually shell each seed when you use them for salads? It seems very labor-intensive. Benjamin is such a cutie.
I love that I could hear the birds in the background while you harvested. Thank you for showing us how it's done - I had no idea the flowers were the tiny pieces inside the head!
"Hey, I grew that. You should enjoy it." 🤣 So surprised at the inside of the head. It looked foamy. I've never seen that before so that was a real treat. I bought some seeds last year to plant out this year and never did. But this looks so fun, I'm going to start planning where to place them. Any tips? Are all sunflowers harvestable do you know? Or are some ornamental (thinking about your Suncredibles).
First of all that was a good save to catch the flower. That lil boy is so entertaining to watch. You talk to your chickens like I talk to my dogs and the birds in my yard. Lizards too. Too much time by myself I guess 😂.
I give my young grands deep trays of beans to play with. Scoops and small containers etc. add to the fun. We also pull out little dump trucks. I lay out an old tablecloth on the floor and lay all this on top. Fun tactile activity! The seeds would be just as fun too!
![Felix "Unfair" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oswujxm2Ag0/mqdefault.jpg)
12:38 A ladybug on your shoulder!
🐞😊
Came here for this comment.
And then into her hair!
Good Luck for Laura!! 🐞🐞
I saw that two!!
All I could think is HOW COOL it would be to utilize the little flowers you brushed off as a natural confetti!! It would be neat to collect all of those cute little buds and let them dry. I'm getting married next year and was looking at natural confetti!
That’s a wonderful idea! Good luck for next year btw.
How fun! Sunflower seeds would also be a great little gift for wedding guests. 🌻
The petals dry brown (at least the ones I have), maybe there's a way to dry them to retain the color.
Congratulations!!!
What a great idea you should mention that to sunflower farms near you...
The things one learns and sees on this channel, year after year I’m impressed, inspired and enlightened. I’ve never before seen a sunflower up close (nor the insides). Amazing and thank you ..as always...
Me to. Never seen a sunflower head close . We're on the same page
how incredibly sad you need a computer to experience nature....
I'm planning on planting some in the spring :)
@moises M if you planted the sunflowers are they doing good
@@sinmore11 Actually I have seen far more by having a computer and the internet than I could have seen in my lifetime without, we can't be and go everywhere but with the internet with just a click of the mouse we can travel to faraway places that we would never have seen what they look like otherwise.
When I was a child, I remember how sore my hands got when removing the seeds from the giant sunflower heads. My parents always raised some fun things like popcorn, oodles of flowers, and giant sunflowers in the garden, along with all kinds of regular veggies. This year I grew 3 different varieties of sunflowers (all had short stocks), the kind you use for cut flowers. Squirrels have been chewing off the whole heads, I presumed they are eating them until I found one head half planted in a flowerpot, crazy little critters! ~Margie
I set aside coneflower seed heads in a flowerpot to plant them in my backyard later.
Probably 8 of them. The next day, I didn't think anything of the tipped over pot because we've had a lot of wind.
Dang if those critters (squirrels) didn't run off with the coneflowers... all but one I found discarded like Cinderella's glass slipper among my bagged leaves. We'll see if the seeds take next season.
I have no idea why, but watching those little top layer of blossoms get brushed off is extremely satisfying. I hope to plant some sunflowers one day..... just to do that part. Hahaha.
Same!
Lol, I'm not sure why but the whole thing is freaky looking to me. My face starts to tingle.
I did that and I'm doing it again
Yes!
Funny how little things like that can be so satisfying. I hope you get your sunflowers some day!
Did anyone else see little lady bug crawling upon your shoulder? And Benjamin is so cute - what fun he must have when his home is so full of many wonderful things to explore and experience!
The amazing sunflower. I have heard that the pattern of the seed spacing measured form a fibonacci sequence, just like many things in nature (pine cone, nautilus shell)
I was thinking about that, too!
So cool! God’s amazing creation!
Wow, awesome! This channel has such knowledgable viewers. Thank you for sharing!!
Anyone know what variety it is?
@@mss002 Anyone know what variety it is?
I am gonna sound kinda nutty and dramatic but Laura, Aaron you have changed me. How I see things around me has changed. I never liked sunflowers...and I only thought there was one or two kinds. I had no idea what beauty there is in them. I would never have thought of feeding the wildlife, gathering seeds, or using for cut flowers. I could write a short novel on how you have opened my eyes and how thankful i am. Typing that last sentence has my eyes full of tears. Thank you . Maybe i need to write a letter and send as there is so much i would like to say. God Bless
Very sweet comment, Nancy.
This is a lovely message Nancy. One can never know how we can all impact this world in a positive way...one tiny little seed at a time :-)
Nancy, perhaps you were touched by an angel...
You are not the only one Nancy ❤ I've never grown anything in my life and I am mesmerized by Garden Answer!
@@mesytreasures6470 Thank you and I totally agree.
Mother Nature is amazing. Just one little seed, and look at the abundance. You are blessed with a natural gift. 🌻🍀💐
That’s all Gods design 🌻☺️
@@shannaalred7601 Amen
And I’m imaging all of the birds and butterflies that must absolutely love Laura’s homestead! So relaxing ..
Yes, amazing design by and amazing designer, the great I AM ( self existing one). I don't meant to chime in to make you feel ganged up on, picked on, or anything negative ! I just respectfully urge you/everyone to check into it ! Solid scientific research, even that done by honest scientists who were not at the time believers and some who still aren't yet, actually back up what the Bible says. And we see in the Bible that God created space, time and matter. Then, everything else, and all creatures and plants to "reproduce after their kind" . Many scientific discoveries were made because the researcher believed the Bible, such as the man who discovered/mapped the oceanic currents, after reading a reference to them in the Bible. At the very least, it's a super famous, long lasting, best selling book and the scientific stuff is definitely worth checking into, is fun and super interesting, so I hope everybody goes over to ICR.org to check out the content there and subscribe to their free magazine. Plenty of technical stuff but most of it is available in articles written for the layman.
Hey, Laura! My grandma used to grow sunflowers for the seeds and the way we harvested them when I was growing up was by placing a large tarp on the ground and hitting the sunflowers with a stick. That way, all the seeds just jump out on the tarp and your fingers don't get hurt :D I am so happy to have found your channel!
The birds and squirrels enjoyed ours. It's ok. Everyone benefits from the garden. 💗🌻💗🌻💗🌻
Sunflowers eaten by them = all good, seed is very cheap anyway.
Sunflower blooms that took 2-3 months+ to grow gnawed down by squirrels? I'd put my animal-loving ways on pause just to deal with them. Or sic my cat on them if he was alive.
How are you doing today Linde and how is the weather over there
That's my favourite video about sunflowers that I have ever seen 🤩😘❤️💖😍💎
WoW!!! What an impressive sight...I have seen & eaten sunflowers & their seeds throughout my 36 years of life! I have to tell you that I literally had my mouth wide open in complete AWW as I watched this entire vlog. I truly had NOT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA how majestic & glorious flowers could truly truly be.
Thank you for always sharing!
Sincerely,
Susie J
I remember years ago when my parent used to garden, they’d let them dry a little then put down huge mats on the floor and get a one inch thick stick probably 2-3 feet long and just hit the sunflower heads and all the seeds would come off.
Yes. In my country, we do it the same
It would be interesting to know just how many pounds of seeds came from one large sunflower head. Those were HUGE!
I grew some in my back yard and i got a whole big tupperware bowl just out of one flour. My seeds were charcol grey. I roasted them with my lavender plants. So good.
@@sharoncasados510 how are you doing today Canados and how is the weather over there
Too cute Benjamin at the end! “Momma do it by herself”
James Abler she totally walked into that one. As soon as she repeated him and he said “okay”. 😂😂😂😂
I love how annoyed Laura was by her ungrateful chickens, LOL
Hahahahaha
😂😂😂
🤣🐔🐓ungrateful chickens, lol. J/K,lol 🍃they're probably full from all the awesome treats she gives them🌻😋
I know!😀I laughed out loud at that!😆
Kimberly Haynie lol ya
Thank you for sharing Laura. My wife and I have been feeding the native birds but I always wanted to eat them myself 😂. Love from California.
Benjamin with a tray of sunflower seeds...PRICELESS! Even if I hadn’t learn anything, which I learned a lot, I would have watched just to see Benjamin! He loved how it felt on his hands☺️🤍♥️ He’s such a joy!!!!
How are you doing today barone and how is the weather over there
The guest visit from the ladybug 🐞 that's good luck for sure!
I plant these sunflowers every year for my chickens. They love them as a treat. Plus it's fun to watch them pick each seed off the heads! thank you for being such an inspiration to me!
How are you doing today Cindy and how is the weather over there
Can you give me some seeds for harvest
14:37 That is the sweetest reaction to dropping a handful of seeds on the floor 😄❤
This is my favorite part lol. I love all the different varieties of sunflowers. I saved a lot of my seeds for future planting and for our bird feeders. The wildlife gets to my seeds so quickly, so I have to harvest them a lot earlier than most people do. Also, the humidity and rain causes them to mold if I leave them on there too long. Thanks for sharing! Those sunflower heads are gorgeous! I love that each seed has it's own flower.. 🌻🍃
How are you doing today Again and how is the weather over there
I love how the ladybug was just hanging out on Laura's coat at 12:39. Anyone else catch that? 🤭
How did I miss that !🙂
As I was reading your comment.
Yes lol
Yes, yes!
I went looking in the comments to see if anyone else did too. 😊 🐞
This is an amazing post - something for everyone: Educational, ASMR, and Benjamin. You guys hit this one out of the ballpark. A big 👍❤️🌻
Can you dry the seed out for next year
@@mmcintyre59 let love led
ASMR is creepy and weird
Random: my granny always planted a small garden in front of the house every spring. One time I said let’s add sunflowers …. We didn’t know that they would tour over the other flowers 😂😂😂.
They were like 3/4 ft and the came back the next year 😂😂. It was a funny surprise.
Laura: Hey...i grew that!
Me: she sounds like me when I am trying to get the kids to eat. Hey...I cooked that!...lol.
I love this video. I never knew what the inside of a sunflower looked like. Also...Benjamin is tbe cutest!!
I laughed out loud on that one! Hhahah
Same!! I think they should add that saying to the front of a t-shirt. "I grew that". She says it a few times and I just love it!
@@kevincandi1998 What a great idea! I'd buy one.
@@13dulcie how are you doing today Fleming and how is the weather over there
What an incredible harvest; I’d put some in a plastic tub and add some of Benjamin’s tractors, cars or favorite toys to create a sensory bin. He could enjoy through the winter months when it’s too cold to play outside.
I've had my sunflower heads on a table waiting for you to make a video like this so I can harvest my seeds with you ❤️
Awww little lady bug on your shoulder and hair! That's good luck!
Well that was fascinating❣️😬🌻 I learned quit a bit here this morning ☺️ thank you for another great video 👏🏻 enjoy
Laura, you are as sweet, fresh, organic, and lovely as your gardens and sunflowers! Who wouldn’t want to be your life partner. You dear are a wonderful lady and being!
I have actually never seen seeds on or taken off a sunflowers like that before. How amazing!!! Also cannot get over the size of them as well! Thanks for the lesson on sunflowers today! 💛
How are you doing today colburn and how is the weather over there
Very nice touch adding the ladybird beetle on your left shoulder at 12:30. It's like she's thanking you for all the abundance. Lol
They are really healthy seeds...try roasting some so we could get to see how its done! 😃
There's a channel here in youtube, emmymadeinjapan. She roasted an entire head of sunflower 😍
@Nannie G how are you doing today Nannie and how is the weather over there
Benjamin reminds me of my daughter when she was that little.......so funny! Love seeing him. What a fantastic seed harvest! I think I'll be growing some giant sunflowers next year. Thank you, Laura xoxo
I just learned about sunflower harvesting, which I never knew before. The little flowers, that you scraped off...always learning something new. Those heads are huge!
Wow those are huge!! you can make a lot of sunflower oil!!!
Fabulous video 🌻 🌻 they’re all fabulous videos!! Those sunflower heads were huge!! Loved it when you explained to the chickens ‘hey, I grew that’ 🤣 I’m really looking forward to when Aaron starts the composting.
Same here... those piles are gonna be huge!
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
@@ericmoore4575 hi Eric, it’s still quite warm over here in England. Hope you’re well.
@@TheEnthusiasticGardener I'm good thank you I'm from London
@@TheEnthusiasticGardener it's nice to meet you
Wow!! And I love the ladybug on your shoulder after harvesting.
Sunflowers are so big in reality. They seem so tiny from a distance. Baffles me everytime. 😁
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
Benjamin is going to have so many stories about his mom and what she use to do with so many different things! Much like yourself and your mom. I love that you take such good care of your chickens! Maybe breaking up some of the seeds and spreading them around the sunflower will encourage them to pick at it. It’s learning process for them. Not every chicken gets served a sunflower head filled with goodies!
I have never grown a single sunflower. Now I must!🌻🌻🌻
Did you do it?
I love watching the birds feed off my sunflowers! I also love harvesting the seeds! Good tips for harvesting & storing sunflowers! Sunflowers are so pretty in each stage of their growth! Love watching Benjamin playing in the sunflower seeds & his reaction when some spilled - priceless!! 😃👍🍁🍂🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
You have harvested sunflowers. Can I ask, do you wash them or rinse them after they are shelled. I realize the dust is normal...but does it affect the nut itself or just the shell? Thank you.
I gasped when you tripped, then reflexively said "what do you say, Grace?" So glad you caught yourself! I do that all the time, but instead of looking to see if the camera caught it, I look around to see if the neighbors were watching 🤣.
And that ladybug 🐞. Someone's watching over you!
I teach kindergarten and we were reading a wonderful book about the seasons and it mentioned sunflower seeds for the birds in the winter. None of my children were familiar with growing and harvesting sunflower seeds and I used your video to answer their questions. It was just perfect for my young learners and they were completely engaged in the work. Thank you for having such wonderful videos for both adults and kids,
6:23 Nice save 🤗 love your channel! I am a zone 6 as well and I'm really learning a lot from you about the plants that can grow in my/our areas. Thank you!
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
My favorite part was watching Benjamin at the end . He’s so big. Cant believe I’ve been watching since even before he was coming!!!! Congratulations on the new addition. I can’t wait to see her too!!!! Love you guys! Someday i will make it over there to actually walk around the yard i know so well❤️
Anyone else want really big sunflowers now just to wipe off all the tiny flowers? It was like tiny bubble wrap lol
YES!!!!
@@angiegaul lol glad Im not the only one!
I want to grow them now! Lol
@@maryannevarre1542 Me, too!!!!
Agree!!
Salted and roasted sunflower seeds are hugely popular as a snack in Greece. Give them a try Laura, they are addictive and absolutely free 😉 used to help my granny collect them at the end of the summer, we used a thick stick and would knock the back of the head to collect them, easy enough when they're properly dry.
I do the very same with Pumpkin seeds .. absolutely delish
I love your sweet little passenger on your shoulder ....🐞🐞🐞🐞 later crawled in your hair ... Benjamin was so cute ! I learned a lot about sunflowers I never knew ... thank you enjoy your day ❤️
How rewarding! “Ohhhh, Nooo” Benjamin is too cute!
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
OMG, I'm new to your channel in 2023 and am used to seeing Benjamin as a big boy. The ending here was SO, so cute. Just love you guys! From ATL, GA
I loved this video! I haven’t ever seen this done. I learned so much from it. Thanks Laura for another fun and educational moment. I always look so forward to y’all’s videos. I can’t wait to watch the tour from this week. Saving it for this weekend. Much love to your sweet family! 💙💖
Omg you are the sweetest sole in the world. Every time I watch your videos I want to be your neighbor and friend. Keep doing what you do, making people happy and inspired. You and your family are blessed and I wish you Fall Joy🍁❤️
That was really cool! I have never seen seeds harvested from sunflowers😊👍
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
In these crazy times, I truly do enjoy your videos - not only for the instruction but for the cinematography, your kind and calming way about you and your family and the way you let us peek at the cute moments with Benjamin! Thank you for sharing this with us!
"Hey I grew that, you should enjoy it" 😂😂
🐔 🐓
Laura, I so appreciate that you and your husband are such hard workers. You are such great role models. Thank you!
That’s not how I roll!!! 😂. I love it!❤️
haha momma do it by herself! So much fun watching him. Perfect age!!!!
You are awesome- I am a fan of yours all the way from India❤️
I love the way you roll 👌🏻👏🏻
When you are rubbing off those small flowers on top of the sunflowers it’s so satisfying 😊
I don't remember seeing any bird feeders! How about a bird feeder tour?
@@diannazampieri1998 they had 3 last year hanging in the yard.
And by the way..... i love vegetable gardening but you have really gotten me into all the other plants like trees and succulents. I live in the so cal mountains so many of the traditional Southern California gardening ways are much different for me when i get 3 feet of snow in one day but the next day can be 70 degrees. I found you originally learning about succulents and since failing and watching you i have now many survivors that flourish!! Thank you Aaron and Laura!, you are my inspiration that i can do this!!!!! Ps. So glad to see Aaron learning names and loving the garden more and more, you have me following indefinitely.
Boy did I need this video! Have several cut heads of sunflowers drying and wasn't sure what to do next. You always seem to know...
You can roast them, and eat.
Maybe soak in salt water first?
@@MadalinaPVilcu How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
@@ericmoore4575 Hello🙋♀️ Is very cold, where i'm from. Is a cold fall, not a gentle one, and my city is on lockdown 🌧️☔
@@MadalinaPVilcu the weather over there is good so where are you from
Oh my, those HUGE sunflowers, so beautiful. Couldn't help but watch the lady bug crawling on your jacket at your shoulder :-) and yes to roasted sunflower seeds. Yum!
When you mentioned in your tour yesterday that you were going to just leave the seeds for the birds, I was surprised that no one in your family wanted them. I am glad to see that you guys are enjoying your harvest too! Boy those sunflowers are impressive!
OMG I love sunflower soo much to purity on the soil to clean off radioactive and toxic metals off on the soils, I really want to garden it next to my plants in the fields.
We use to use these seeds or dry rice for our kids to play on a mat with their toy trucks and tippers. Easy clean up and do tactile.
Great tactile activity, Hannah!
I planted two varieties of sunflowers this year. One was Busy Bee and the other was Velvet Queen. The Busy Bees were very small and didn’t produce flowers for very long, but the Velvet Queens were amazing! The petals were reddish and gold and they blossomed for a long time. I have watched goldfinches eating from them for quite some time. There probably aren’t many seeds left for us to harvest at this point but you inspired me to go check! Now I know how to harvest the seeds, so I am thankful for that! I’ll have my nine year old son help me to check and it will be a wonderful learning experience for him too.
I'd love to reach through and try some sunflower seeds - they look so plump and yummy.
Awww, Benjamin is the adorable helper every mom needs. So sweet. What a great harvest of seeds. Those plants survived all the crazy weather you had & still were so heavy with seeds. Wow Factor!
If you’d care for an SLP idea, when he gets a little older, you could have Benjamin use the seeds to practice “writing” letters and even spell his name. Sensory activities such as this are a great pre-writing experience. He is a joy to watch!
Oh my word...I have never ever seen a sunflower head sooo big. Laura you are amazing ❤️
That was so interesting. I have never seen the removal of seeds before.
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
Not only is it pleasing to the eyes and soul, it feeds the birds as well. Wonderful!
That beetle/bug cruising on Laura's shoulder and up her hair 😂😂😂 just cute.
Around minute 12
Yeah! I think it was a lady bug! Glad it was a friendly bug ☺️🐞🐞🐞❤️
A lady bug!!!🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
Haha
Wow! That was amazing!
My husband and I planted sunflowers for the first time ever, at the end of April of this year. We surprised a lot of people (ourselves included), at how tall our Mammoth sunflowers grew….in 3ft by 12in pots…a couple of them grew to 8ft tall,
This has been one of the top 5 best experiences of my life.
Will your friend with the pigs be able to feed the “ empty” sunflower heads to her pigs??
Wow! I didn't know how a sunflower could give so much! the beauty of just being a garden flower, then food for the fowls of the air, and nourishment for people too! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and educational video!
I thought my chickens were weird when they didn’t immediately attack the sunflower head. They were terrified of it 😂. Two days later I guess they decided it was harmless and devoured it.
How are you doing today William and how is the weather over there
Sent a picture of how big the sunflower heads were to my husband. He said he has never seen ones that big! I told him "this is Laura now , come on"!!! Love you guys, Benjamin melts my heart every video he is in such a cutie!!
“Mamma do it by herself” 😂😂
Guess you really have to love working with the earth to think this video was fun watching and thoroughly satisfying! Thank you for your channel! One of my faves for sure....
....."dust in the wind....." 🎼🎸 couldnt help but sing the tune when she said that
9:25 The lawn is absolutely perfect. Although that has nothing to do with the sunflowers, bravo!
This was very interesting! You are such a wealth of knowledge, Laura! Question: Do you individually shell each seed when you use them for salads? It seems very labor-intensive. Benjamin is such a cutie.
Yes, it would be very labor intensive! Factories have machines that do it for us.
I was wondering the same thing when she said she uses them in salads.
I love that I could hear the birds in the background while you harvested. Thank you for showing us how it's done - I had no idea the flowers were the tiny pieces inside the head!
They would put stockings on the flowers where I'm from to prevent the birds from eating the seeds 😅
But who has stockings anymore?
@@susandermond9254 me👋😃
@@JenaTuckerAquariums How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
@@susandermond9254 how are you doing today Susan Dermond
That sweet little boy voice...priceless😀
And now all of Laura’s neighbors will have volunteer sunflowers from the birds taking the seeds to eat elsewhere. 😂
Yea 😂😂
I’d feel so lucky to accidentally have a surprise giant sunflower
Beware of Aaron the surprise sunflower killer lmao
Lovely garden at your house
Guys I couldn’t see Russell today ☹️
it looked early; i'm sure he was still snoozing inside in a warm spot! :)
I feel ya
Hello from Canada and Canadians here?! 🇨🇦❤️🌷
"Hey, I grew that. You should enjoy it." 🤣 So surprised at the inside of the head. It looked foamy. I've never seen that before so that was a real treat. I bought some seeds last year to plant out this year and never did. But this looks so fun, I'm going to start planning where to place them. Any tips? Are all sunflowers harvestable do you know? Or are some ornamental (thinking about your Suncredibles).
First of all that was a good save to catch the flower. That lil boy is so entertaining to watch. You talk to your chickens like I talk to my dogs and the birds in my yard. Lizards too. Too much time by myself I guess 😂.
I don't know why I thought that those sunflowers were feeling like they are bread when Laura was tearing them😅
I give my young grands deep trays of beans to play with. Scoops and small containers etc. add to the fun. We also pull out little dump trucks.
I lay out an old tablecloth on the floor and lay all this on top. Fun tactile activity! The seeds would be just as fun too!
How do get stung by a wasp and mention it so casually? A sting would’ve sent me into the house for at least the rest of the day lol