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Gardening & Organic Pest Control
Growing beautiful flowers, fruits and vegetables sometimes means battling against leaf-chomping pests and disfiguring diseases. Organic pest control involves a combination of smart planning and picking your battles in the garden. When you forgo all chemical pesticides, you may give up a few petals or a some peas in the pod, but the trade-off is a safe garden for your family and your pets.
The Family Guide to Bug Bites
Bug bites have been a persistent souvenir of outdoor activities throughout human history, and today, these pesky critters continue to trouble our families. It’s an all-too-familiar scene—your kids return from outdoor play, already scratching at fresh bug bites acquired in the backyard. To effectively deal with these nuisances, it’s essential to understand the distinct preferences and behaviors of common pests that leave us with itchy welts.
In this article, we’ll explore three of the most prevalent bloodsucking pests before delving into effective strategies to safeguard your family and home from these persistent invaders.
Tips to Get Stubborn Lice Out of a Child’s Hair
After carefully treating your child for head lice, you may have sent her back to school confident that she was parasite free. However, if just a few eggs were missed, you’ll find her hair crawling with lice again in about a week. Worsening the ability to rid children of lice is the increasing resistance that lice now have to decades-old pesticide treatments, which can also be toxic to humans, says W. Steven Pray, professor at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy.