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How do you solve a problem like mosquitos?

Making It Grow Radio Minute
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"Making It Grow," with host Amanda McNulty

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Sadly, we have a lot of vacant lots nearby that collect litter – perfect places for mosquitoes to breed. Now we know that those yard treatments for mosquitoes are ineffective and are harmful to lots of beneficial insects. But for many years, the health department would come by at night and blast whole areas with mosquito spray. Of course, if the attic fan was on, the upstairs where we were all sleeping was filled with that pesticide. It got to where even with the noise of the fan I could hear that truck and would jump up and cut off the fan. Fortunately, the nice man in charge said he would call me the nights they were coming and we had to sleep in a hot room but weren’t subjected to that treatment.

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Amanda McNulty is a Clemson University Extension Horticulture agent and the host of South Carolina ETV’s Making It Grow! gardening program. She studied horticulture at Clemson University as a non-traditional student. “I’m so fortunate that my early attempts at getting a degree got side tracked as I’m a lot better at getting dirty in the garden than practicing diplomacy!” McNulty also studied at South Carolina State University and earned a graduate degree in teaching there.