Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Fay Johnstone
As an herbalist I have a very different view of weeds than the average gardener who can’t abide common garden weeds such as nettle, dandelion and plantain. These plants and many more of our garden weeds are nutritious and full of minerals and beneficial medicinal properties.
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- Written by: Matt Shipman, NC State
Researchers have developed a new patch that plants can “wear” to continuously monitors for diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.
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- Written by: Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, Assistant Professor in Plant Biology and Urban Ecology
In building cities, we have created some of the harshest habitats on Earth — and then chosen to live in them.
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- Written by: Fay Johnstone
Since we are part of nature, like the plants and the animal kingdom, we have the capacity for learning the subtle whispers of nature and communicating with the natural world that surrounds us. We each have the innate ability to perceive the language of nature...
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- Written by: Jaigris Hodson, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
Now that over 61 per cent of Canadians have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, we’re on our way to herd immunity. Unfortunately however, this trend could be at risk as a result of vaccine misinformation, which has made some people hesitant to get a vaccine.
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- Written by: Avalon C.S. Owens and Sara Lewis, Tufts University
Before humans invented fire, the only things that lit up the night were the moon, the stars and bioluminescent creatures – including fireflies.
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- Written by: Seirian Sumner, UCL
Humanity has always had a rocky relationship with wasps. They are one of those insects that we love to hate. We value bees (which also sting) because they pollinate our crops and make honey
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- Written by: Samantha Murray, University of Florida
Insects are attracted to landscapes where flowering plants of the same species are grouped together and create big blocks of color, according to new research.
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- Written by: Richard B. Primack
If you’ve ever seen lilac bushes crushed by snowdrifts, then budding on a warm day just a few weeks later, you may wonder how plants tolerate such extremes.
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- Written by: Eric LoPresti
A great many plants have evolved sticky leaves, stems and seeds, including some you likely know – such as petunias and tobacco.
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- Written by: NC State
Some of the fruits and vegetables you buy have seeds in them. Can you plant those? It depends.
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- Written by: Stephanie Woodard
Many Americans are now experiencing an erratic food supply for the first time. Among COVID-19’s disruptions are bare supermarket shelves and items available yesterday but nowhere to be found today.
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- Written by: Lila Westreich
The first days of spring – brighter and warmer – are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up from hibernation and begin to build future colonies.
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- Written by: Jennifer Atkinson
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom. In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of inventory and reported “unprecedented” demand.
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- Written by: Julian Avery
Millions of Americans enjoy feeding and watching backyard birds. Many people make a point of putting food out in winter, when birds needs extra energy, and spring, when many species build nests and raise young.
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- Written by: Toni Genberg
For years, Toni Genberg assumed a healthy garden was a healthy habitat. That’s how she approached the landscaping around her home in northern Virginia.
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- Written by: Fred Love
Trees and vegetation in urban heat islands turn green earlier in the year but are less sensitive to temperature change than vegetation in surrounding rural regions, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Hamid Razifard and Ana Caicedo
The tomato’s path from wild plant to household staple is much more complex than researchers have long thought.
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- Written by: Anna Ball
Rural school gardens get students back in touch with their food, a new study finds.
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- Written by: Harriet Gross
What’s not to like about gardening? It’s a great way to get outdoors, away from everyday routines, and to exercise your creativity.
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- Written by: Richard G. Snyder
When I answer my office phone as an extension vegetable specialist, from time to time it’s someone asking how they can get recognition for growing a huge tomato, possibly the biggest one ever.
