The Prepper’s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower
This Flower Could Save Your Life!
The prepper’s ultimate plant is a flower. If you could grow just one plant, as a prepper, it should without a doubt be sunflowers. They grow fast and strong. They have been used to pull radiological waste out of the environment after Chernobyl and Fukushima. The large stalks can be used to build structures like teepees. The stalks are very fibrous, so you can use them as kindling when dried. You can pound the strands of fibers out and make paper or even rope. You could even make a flute out of the stalk. Sunflower seeds and flour are gluten-free. It’s also grain-free, nut-free, paleo and keto-friendly, making it an excellent choice for almost any dietary lifestyle. Sunflower seeds are rich in healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals. Just 1/4 cup of them has 14 grams of fat, 5.5 grams of protein, 6.5 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, vitamin E, B6, Niacin, Folate, Pantothenic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium. Not only are they easy to grow and beautiful additions to your landscape, but every single bit of the plant is also usable and edible, from the petals to the seeds, the stalk, and even down to the root. I’ll repeat that, every bit of the plant is edible.
Any of the many species of sunflower could very well save your life one day, as many only think of the seed as food. In this video, I’m going to harvest a mammoth sunflower that I grew with a stalk about 8 feet tall. When they’re that big, there’s lots of material in the stalk…
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