Beautification, good eating promotes gardening | News

Beautification, good eating promotes gardening | News

Planting season is here, and both vegetables and florals are high on gardeners’ list for beautification and consumption. For Nasturtium Garden Club members, it’s all about aesthetics and community service. Sandy Fitzgerald, chair of the Community Beautification Committee, said working on the flower beds along Muskogee Avenue makes a big difference in people’s lives and…

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Good Natured Gardening: Plants that deter mosquitoes

Good Natured Gardening: Plants that deter mosquitoes

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls mosquitoes the “world’s deadliest animal.” It’s a weighty moniker for an insect that weighs just 2.5 milligrams, but it’s well deserved because vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by mosquitoes, cause more than 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. According to the University of Alaska, “the oldest mosquito…

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