By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With summer in full swing and open-air activities beckoning, don’t sacrifice health and well-being for toxic insect...
Category - Gardening
Permaculture: The Way Forward in Sustainable Regeneration
By Noha Guest Writer for Wake Up World The small town of Nimbin nestled in the hills of Northern NSW Australia is famous for it’s colourful characters, activists, creatives, healers and people...
The 7 Easiest Veggies to Grow in Poor Soil
By Kent Page McGroarty Guest writer for Wake Up World As wonderful as growing your own food is, soil quality is often an issue. While most plants and vegetables thrive in loamy, well-draining soil...
Vermiculture: How To Build A Worm Bin the Cheap and Easy Way
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A couple of weeks ago I wrote about using worms to create compost. The official term for this is “Vermicomposting”...
Can Guerrilla Gardening Save The World?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “If kids grow kale, they eat kale,” Ron Finley, a famed guerrilla gardener, asserts during his 2013 TED talk. He also...
Conscious Gardening: Find Better Health In Your Own Organic Garden
By Michael Roads Guest Writer for Wake Up World We live in times of constant pressure. In school and the workplace there is a pressure to perform; in sports and manufacturing, a pressure to excel...
Study Suggests Lethality of Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ Extends Beyond Plants To Humans
7th June 2013 By Sayer Ji Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A shocking new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, “…may be the most...
Growing Edible Weeds
By Michael Smith Guest Writer for Wake Up World For some time now already I have been deliberately growing edible weeds in my garden and aside from those that popped up all by themselves, such as...
Common Backyard Weeds for Dinner? Delicious and Nutritious Fare at Your Fingertips That Won’t Break the Bank
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Instead of signing over your entire paycheck for organic produce, have you considered the bounty of nourishing fare growing wild right...
Growing, Grinding and Cooking Wheat
11th April 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World When I first started prepping, I was befuddled about wheat. I just simply did not understand why the heck anyone...
Inspiring Urban Farm Grows an Astonishing Three Tons of Produce a Year on a Mere 1/10 of an Acre
Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World With food prices steadily rising over the last several years, by as much as five percent, families are scaling back and going without many...
10 Gardening Tips for the Winter Months
7th February 2013 By Abigail Turner Guest Writer for Wake Up World Winter, with its freezing cold temperatures and cutting winds, can be a tough time for gardeners and their plants. Buds and blossoms...
