By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Rocket stoves and outdoor grills are great for cooking in a pot or skillet when the power is down or non-existent following a disaster or...
Category - Home & Garden
Wake Up World articles for the home and garden enthusiast, including DIY, gardening and self sufficiency topics.
Apples, Antibiotics…and Why Johnny is Such a Big Little Boy (Recipe Included!)
By Jeani-Rose Atchison Contributing Writer for Wake Up World I woke yesterday with a strong desire to do some cooking. My number 4 daughter, Caoilinn, must have had the same idea as she...
Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Bathing Products
By Mike Zook Guest writer for Wake Up World There are a million reasons to be wary of commercial bath products. Like many of the cleaning products lining the shelves of your nearby grocery store and...
A Peruvian Gift and A Toxic Poison
By Jeani-Rose Atchison Guest Writer for Wake Up World Potatoes are one of the worlds most popular foods. It ranks right up there with wheat and corn. Originally a Peruvian vegetable it...
Recipe: Homemade Eco-Friendly All Natural Deodorant
By Lissa Butler Guest Writer for Wake Up World Most of us consider deodorant an essential. The key thing however, is that you want it to reduce odor — not perspiration. Sweating is...
Free Tea: 6 Plants to Grow Your Own Herbal Brew
By Sayward Rebhal, Maybe you know of a berry bush in a nearby park. Maybe there’s a patch of clover around the corner. Once you’re onto it, it’s hard not to see tea almost...
34 Different Ways to Use Duct Tape for Survival & Emergencies
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World I have always claimed – and not altogether jokingly – that you could build a house with Elmer’s glue and Duct Tape...
A Sweet Fix and Fumigated Dates
By Jeani-Rose Atchison Guest Writer for Wake Up World Everyone was asking for a sweet fix in the house yesterday. We had gone through our usual bounty of fresh fruit…needed to get...
How to Start Your Own Garden Almost Free
By Alina Niemi – Kitchen Garden International Yes, the economy is in bad shape, I know. But don’t use that as an excuse for not gardening. You can take the expensive route...
26 Amazing Benefits and Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide
By Andrea Harper Guest Writer for Wake Up World Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the only germicidal agent composed only of water and oxygen. Like ozone, it kills disease organisms by oxidation! For...
Creating a Healing Garden – 9 Healing Herbs You Can Grow Yourself
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Herbs have been used for centuries to soothe and to heal. According to Wikipedia: Herbs have long been used as the basis of...
Caoilinn’s Green Smoothie
By Jeani-Rose Atchison Guest Writer for Wake Up World Sometimes life throws punches and our ability to take a hit, move out of the way or soften the impact is what propels us to evolve...