Be Well: How to Use Natural Garden Care Methods in Place of Toxic Chemicals
Karen Musgrave, a horticulturist, joined Cheddar News to provide those with a budding green thumb, a few tips to maximize their outdoor spaces and gardens. She focuses on natural methods to bolster a garden in place of toxic, man-made chemicals. For instance, instead of seeking out store-bought mosquito repellant for yard care, installing a bat house can be just as effective since the animals eat about 1,000 mosquitoes per hour.
Irrigation might have saved Jackson's hay, but she and her husband rejected the idea about 10 years ago over the cost: as much as $75,000 for a new well and all the equipment. But now — with an extended drought and another U.S. heat wave this week that will broil her land about an hour northwest of Dallas for days in 100-degree-plus temperatures — Jackson said she is “kind of rethinking.”
India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation.
