Plants

Looking at the two mango trees standing side by side I wondered, can they talk? Some may call me crazy for wondering this, but hear me out. Plants are alive and they grow and multiply. Fruit bearing plants give fruits at the right time each year, flowers know when to bloom, other trees know where to grow so that they can strive. Most plants also live in harmony with each other, a perfect example is the Amazon rainforest. After putting all this information together I had to wonder, how do they talk? Because in the years I have wandered this planet I did not once hear two trees having a heart to heart conversation. Do they have a “Treebook” for messaging or a “Timber” for dating?   Although plants can not move or run away, they have their special way of communicating. These methods of communicating happen right before our eyes and we do not even notice. One of those methods is happening when grass is being cut. Strangely, the sweet smell when cutting grass is a distress call fro...

Humans are known to consume the roots of many plants. Most of them have medicinal powers, dietary- and health benefits. Some of the most popular roots( root vegetables) we consume ranging from yams to turnips and from sweet potato to beats. In this blog we will discuss one of the “super” roots, called ginger. We will look at 7 facts about ginger.  Ginger is a root. Ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of leaves) about one meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences bear pale yellow with purple flowers and arise directly from the rhizome on separate shoots.                 Long lost cousin of Turmeric.  Turmeric ( Curcuma longa) and Ginger ( Zingiber officinale) are both part of the ginger family ( Zingiberaceae ). The...