• How to get a healthy heart
    • A good diet can cut the risk of heart disease T he three main triggers of heart disease are smoking, lack of exercise and a poor diet. All are difficult habits to kick. For some, the changes needed are only ...
    • ?WHAT IS FAMILY DAY
    • A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children "is a national effort to promote parental engagement as a simple, effective way to reduce substance abuse by children and teens and raise healthier ch...
    • Ten Benefits of Frequent Family Dinners
    • ers T he more often children and teens eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use drugs. Children and teens who have frequent family dinners:• are at half the risk for substance abus...
    • Talking to Your Children
    • ren A cknowledge that marijuana, alcohol and tobacco are substances that are out there and that many people use them. This is key to developing your credibility. In the case of nicotine and prescription drugs, explain...
    • Tips to encourage reading
    • The Reader's Bill of Rights E veryone has the right to read. Here's The Reader's Bill of Rights to help you make the most of that right: Readers have: The right to not read. The right to skip pages. The right to n...
    • Book Reading
    • many teens who may have been voracious readers in elementary or middle school, nearly stop reading. What causes this decrease in reading? And how can parents and teachers help teenage...
    • What Is Color? How Is It Made?
    • de? S ome details have an important place in the minds of humans and they never change. Let us begin with trees, which are very familiar to us. The color of trees is most often either green or shades of green. It is ...
    • The Olive: A Health- Giving Plant
    • ant O ne of the foods to which attention is drawn in the Qur'an is the olive. Research in recent years has revealed that the olive is not just a delicious food but also represents an important source of good health. ...
    • The Miracle of Honey
    • Your Lord revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have be...
    • The Formation of Milk
    • ilk There is instruction for you in cattle. From the contents of their bellies, from between the dung and blood, We give you pure milk to drink, easy for drinkers to swallow. (Qur'an, 16:66) Say: “Who provides for you f...
    • Fish: A Valuable Source of Nutrition
    • ion Anything you catch in the sea is lawful for you, and all food from it, for your enjoyment and that of travelers … (Qur"an, 5:96) T he fact the average age of people developing and dying from heart disease is...
    • Attending Mosque May Help Mental Health
    • alth   The latest report from the Mental Health Foundation suggests that going to the mosque can have benefits for Muslims with mental health problems. Hanif Bobat from AWAZZ, a South Asian Mental Health Project...
    • Youth & Religion
    • Faith in Allah, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, is an intrinsic part of the innate human nature. Thus, man inevitably reaches out to Allah and has no other means to satiate the God-Seeking or Truth-Seeking urge of his nature. One of the most invaluable
    • Fruits and Personalities
    • ties Which fruit would you pick first if you were handed the following: Did you know that you can tell what kind of personalities people haveby the kind of fruits they like? Click on the name of the fruit you picked to se...
    • Mothers Milk, Gods Gift to the Baby
    • Despite great development in technology it can certainly be said that no milk can be produced like the breast milk-whatever formula is used. Following completion of numerous researches, scientists have come to the concl...
    • Chemical Weapons
    • Sulfur mustards are vesicants and alkylating agents, more commonly known as blister agents. They are olorless when pure but are generally a yellow to brown color and have...
    • Yellow Cosmos
    • mos Cosmos sulphureus (Asteraceae) A hardy, erect annual requiring very little moisture once established. A native of Mexico, it can easily adapt to all regions of the United States. The glowing, orange-yellow flowers...
    • Yarrow
    • row Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae) A drought tolerant perennial herb native to Europe, it has naturalized throughout temperate North America. The species name, millefolium-of a thousand leaves-describes the fine, f...
    • Wine Cup
    • Cup Callirhoe involucrata (Malvaceae) A hardy, drought tolerant, sprawling perennial native to Texas and the central United States. The numerous trailing stems spread vinelike over the ground originating from a carrot...
    • Wallflower
    • A bushy biennial or perennial variety native to the Canary Islands, but has naturalized throughout much of northern North America. A charming species with an abundance of vivid ...
    • Tuber Vervain/Stiff Vervain
    • A hardy, upright perennial native to Brazil and Paraguay which has naturalized throughout the southeastern United States. The intense, deep purple to magenta flowers are numerous produ...
    • Toadflax/Spurred Snapdragon
    • An erect, slender annual native to Morocco, which has naturalized throughout the United States. Tiny, delicate flowers with long spurs glisten from short spikes. Flowers come i...
    • Tidy-Tips
    • A short, hardy annual native to California, but can be grown as far east as Texas. Seed should be sown after the last frost for best results. The attractive yellow flowers are isolat...
    • Tickseed/lance-leaved Coreopsis
    • An erect, drought tolerant perennial which can also withstand prolonged periods of moisture. Native to the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, it is now found throughout N...
    • Texas Paintbrush
    • An upright, hairy annual, perennial or biennial herb native to Texas with single erect stems and a slender taproot. The terminal red-orange flower is a misconception. Actuall...
    • Texas Bluebonnet
    • Lupinus texensis (Fabaceae). A hardy winter annual native to Texas. Adopted as the "State Flower of Texas", this is the most commonly seen variety along roadsides and in uncultivated pastures throughout t...
    • Tahoka Daisy/Prairie Aster
    • Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Asteraceae). A hardy upright to sprawling annual native to the mid-western United States. This variety is easy to recognize by the dense, compact leaves which are deeply divided into m...
    • Sweet William
    • A perennial variety which usually performs as an annual. Native to Europe, it has escaped cultivation and adapted to all regions of the United States. The brilliant little flowe...
    • Sweet Alyssum
    • A hardy annual native to Southern Europe, but has naturalized throughout the United States. Dense clusters of tiny snow-white flowers bloom continuously throughout the growing sea...
    • Standing Cypress
    • Ipomopsis rubra (Polemoniaceae). A sturdy, upright perennial variety native to the southeastern portion of the United States. The brilliant red, tubular flowers are marginally spaced throughout the entire length of...
    • Showy Primrose
    • Oenothera speciosa (Onagraceae). A hardy, upright to sprawling perennial, native to the southeastern United States extending into Mexico. The four petalled flowers are soft pink, making a transition to glistening w...
    • Shasta Daisy
    • Chrysanthemum maximum (Asteraceae). A hardy perennial, forming dense colonies once established. Native to Europe, it has naturalized throughout all regions of the United States. The white petalled flowers with gold...
    • Scarlet Sage
    • Salvia coccinea (Lamiaceae). A hardy annual or tender perennial, native to Texas, and found throughout the southern portion of the United States. In warmer climates, this variety tends to act as an annual. The fluo...
    • Scarlet Flax
    • Linum rubrum (Linaceae). A hardy annual, native to northern Africa and southern Europe, it has naturalized throughout the United States. Once established this variety can tolerate immense heat and extremely dry con...
    • Rose Mallow
    • Lavatera trimestris (Malvaceae). A robust, fast growing annual, native to Europe, but has naturalized throughout the southeastern United States. Freely branching, it becomes covered with numerous, ice-white, pink o...
    • Rose Angel
    • Viscaria oculata (Caryophyllaceae). A hardy, upright annual very easy to grow from seed throughout much of North America. This Old World variety is regaining popularity for its consistent flowering over the long su...
    • Rocky Mountain Penstemon
    • Penstemon strictus (Scrophulariaceae).An upright perennial native to the western and central United States. The closely packed snapdragon-like, purple, tubular flowers are arranged on a sturdy spike. Prefers full ...
    • Rocket Larkspur
    • Delphinium ajacis (Ranunculaceae).A winter annual, native to southern Europe, it has naturalized throughout the United States. Larkspurs are distinguished by a backward projecting spur, formed by the upper petal o...
    • Red Corn Poppy/Flanders Poppy
    • Papaver rhoeas (Papveraceae). A hardy annual native to Europe, which has naturalized throughout the United States. The large 2-4 inch blooms are fire engine-red vividly marked with purplish-black centers individual...
    • Purple Tansy/Lacy Phacelia
    • Phacelia tanacetifolia (Hydrophyllaceae).A hardy annual, native to California but has naturalized throughout the western United States. The flowering portion of the stalk is curled, slowly unwinding to reveal lave...
    • Purple Prairie Clover
    • Petalostemum purpureum (Fabaceae). An upright perennial variety native to the north central portion of the United States. The unique lavender-purple flowers are concentrated on slender cones at the ends of wiry ste...
    • Purple Coneflower
    • Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae). A robust, drought tolerant perennial, native to the midwestern and southeastern United States. flowers are arranged individually on sturdy, elongated stems with soft lavender or pur...
    • Plains Coreopsis/Calliopsis
    • Coreopsis tinctoria (Asteraceae). A hardy, upright annual, native to the southern United States, it has spread throughout much of North America. Leaves are finely divided occuring mostly in the lower portion of the...
    • Perennial Lupine
    • Lupinus perennis (Fabaceae) A hardy perennial, native to Maine and Southern Ontario extending westward throughout the central and mid-western regions of the United States south to Florida. Flowers are arranged on ...
    • Ox-Eyed Daisy
    • Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Asteraceae). A hardy perennial, often forming dense colonies once established. A native of Europe, it has naturalized throughout all regions of the United States. The leaves are very thi...