{"id":58924,"date":"2021-08-07T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58924"},"modified":"2021-08-07T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T16:11:32","slug":"the-preppers-ultimate-plant-the-sunflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58924","title":{"rendered":"The Prepper\u2019s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/youtube-thumbnail-2021-3-820x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" \/><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityprepping.com\/2021\/08\/04\/the-preppers-ultimate-plant-the-sunflower\/\">The Prepper\u2019s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"_ytid_21261\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYvX8VyxoGk?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b>This Flower Could Save Your Life!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3581 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sunflower-80x53.jpg 80w\" alt=\"Sunflower Uses\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The prepper\u2019s ultimate plant is a flower. If you could grow just one plant, as a prepper, it should without a doubt be sunflowers.\u00a0 They grow fast and strong.\u00a0 They have been used to pull radiological waste out of the environment after Chernobyl and Fukushima.\u00a0 The large stalks can be used to build structures like teepees.\u00a0 The stalks are very fibrous, so you can use them as kindling when dried.\u00a0 You can pound the strands of fibers out and make paper or even rope.\u00a0 You could even make a flute out of the stalk.\u00a0 Sunflower seeds and flour are gluten-free. It\u2019s also grain-free, nut-free, paleo and keto-friendly, making it an excellent choice for almost any dietary lifestyle.\u00a0 Sunflower seeds are rich in healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I\u2019ll repeat that, every bit of the plant is edible.<\/p>\n<p>Any of the many species of sunflower could very well save your life one day, as many only think of the seed as food.\u00a0 In this video, I\u2019m going to harvest a mammoth sunflower that I grew with a stalk about 8 feet tall.\u00a0 When they\u2019re that big, there\u2019s lots of material in the stalk&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prepper\u2019s Ultimate Plant: The Sunflower This Flower Could Save Your Life! The prepper\u2019s ultimate plant is a flower. If you could grow just one plant, as a prepper, it should without a doubt be sunflowers.\u00a0 They grow fast and strong.\u00a0 They have been used to pull radiological waste out of the environment after Chernobyl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[30957,648,650,31592],"class_list":["post-58924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-city-prepping","tag-preparations","tag-prepping","tag-sunflower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58925,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58924\/revisions\/58925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}