Homestead Update - Planting Mexican Sunflowers & Checking Pumpkins

🌻 Hey friends, welcome back to the Laid-Back Homestead! Today we’re out at the property tackling some much-needed homestead maintenance — grass cutting, checking on my pumpkin patch, and planting out my Mexican sunflowers. Even though it’s been raining almost every day, the heat and empty ollas have my pumpkins looking a little dramatic, but they’re still hanging in there. We might even have our first pollinated pumpkin on the way! 🎃 If you love homesteading, organic gardening, seed starting, and seeing the real behind-the-scenes work it takes to grow food and flowers, this video is for you. Stick around for more garden tours, fall planting updates, and tips from our little slice of land. 👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and follow along for more homestead gardening, pumpkin growing, and flower planting updates! Reach us at: thelaidbackhomestead@gmail.com 0:00 Welcome back to the Laid-Back Homestead 🌻 0:05 Homestead maintenance & grass cutting 0:14 Planting Mexican sunflowers from seed 0:20 Checking in on my pumpkin plants 🎃 0:33 Heat stress & empty ollas update 0:47 First signs of pumpkin pollination 1:02 Separating pumpkins & deer pressure issues 1:19 Fertilizing pumpkins & growth progress 1:49 Bare land and future homestead goals 2:01 Mexican sunflower germination struggles 2:36 Comparing seed trays vs direct sowing 2:50 Wax myrtle trees planted along property line 3:18 Direct sowing wax myrtles & weed pressure 3:51 Planting sunflower seedlings by hand 4:17 Tips for handling sunflower tap roots 4:39 Planting down the row in summer heat 5:02 Running out of seedlings & next steps 5:19 Wrapping up the planting day 🌞 #garden #homestead #gardening This channel explores all things gardening, homesteading, hydroponics, cooking and preserving. If you enjoy gardening content, homesteading content, and cooking content. Then I encourage you to subscribe. We are always looking for the next gardening, homesteading, and cooking opportunities.