By April McCarthy Guest Writer for Wake Up World Like higher organisms, plants appear able to make complex decisions. A new study shows that plants may be able to initiate a survival mechanism...
Category - Gardening
Foraging Guide – with 12 Nutritious Wild Plants That Anyone Can Find
By Trinity Bourne Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Nature’s Superfoods on Your Doorstep In days gone by, wild foods were all we had, and were a staple diet necessary for human health and...
Keeping Slugs & Snails Off Your Veggies – Compassionately
By Trinity Bourne Contributing Writer for Wake Up World As a conscious gardener, I am aware that unless we all start foraging again and totally return to nature (which certainly wouldn’t...
The Benefits of Lemon Balm – a Must in Any Garden
By Trinity Bourne Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Lemon Balm, also known as Melissa officinalis is totally and utterly the herb of the month for me at the moment, springing up...
Enterprising Community Aims for Total Food Self-Sufficiency with Free Edible Landscapes
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Imagine strolling through your town and finding the post office surrounded by raised beds, lush with produce that is free for the...
Seed-Starting: a DIY Guide to Growing Your Own Flowers, Vegetables & Herbs
By Kelly Roberson Guest Writer for Wake Up World Luckily for all you green-thumb wannabees, gardening isn’t a passing fad. In fact, the act and art of growing flowers, vegetables, and...
$300 Underground Greenhouse Grows Produce Year-Round, Even in Severe Climates
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With staggering food prices and shortages looming, there’s no better time to grow your own produce. Sadly, most greenhouses are...
The Powerful Healing Qualities of Rosemary Essential Oil
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is something simply enchanting about the herb rosemary. Perhaps it is the the aromatic woodsy fragrance and the simple beauty of...
Plants Exhibit The Same Senses As Humans And See, Touch, Smell, Hear and Even Taste
By Prof. Daniel Chamovitz Guest Writer for Wake Up World Have you ever wondered what the grass under your feet feels, what an apple tree smells, or a marigold sees? Plants stimulate our senses...
How Roundup Weedkiller Can Promote Cancer, New Study Reveals
15th November 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Roundup herbicide (glyphosate) is in our air, rain, groundwater, soil and most food in the U.S., and an increasing...
Yet Another Reason to go Organic – Research Verifies it Really is More Nutritious
24th September 2013 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World While it’s generally agreed in the natural health arena that organically produced fare is superior in...
New Study Links Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ To Overgrowth of Deadly Fungal Toxins
19th September 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A new study reveals that Roundup herbicide enhances the growth of aflatoxin-producing fungi, lending an explanation for the...