Garden Pests
This short-term solution is convenient and fast-acting.
What are pesticides?
Gardening can teach you this.
(Hint, psychological benefit)
What is patience, or what are the benefits of delayed gratification?
Name one heat-induced complication.
The cause of heat exhaustion.
Being in hot weather, dehydration, alcohol use, or overdressing.
Doing this will protect your skin from the sun.
What is sunscreen?
This solution balances your yard's ecosystem and allows nature to limit harmful pests.
What is attracting helpful pests?
By reducing _____, gardening can ease psychological distress.
What is stress?
Name a pest that can interfere with gardening.
What is a wasp, mosquito, snake, rodent, deer, fire ant, flea, or tick?
If you simply ignore heat exhaustion and keep working, it can turn into this.
What is a heat stroke?
What is one way to reduce your risk of heat stroke?
What are taking breaks, gardening at cooler hours, wearing loose-fitting, lightweight clothing, or staying hydrated?
Oftentimes, pests target weaker plants in unfit conditions, so with this knowledge, you can do this to limit pests.
What is keeping your plants healthy in their optimal environment?
This promotes a healthy lifestyle by...
What is providing a moderate-level exercise/workout?
Working outside may trigger this.
(Hint: Aaachewww!)
What is allergies or asthma?
What are two risk factors that an individual may have to make heat exhaustion more likely?
Being 65+ years old, certain medications, obesity, sudden temperature changes, or a high heat index.
Avoiding this type of excessive motion can limit fatigue of particular muscles and prevent muscle strain.
What is repetitive motions by switching tasks or taking breaks every 15 minutes?
List one way that pests can cause harm to your garden.
What are plant injuries, disease transmission, stolen produce, or human harm?
Exercising the arms and legs during gardening is linked to this.
What is a decreased risk for coronary disease/cancer?
Injuries most commonly occur here (in the body)...
What is the back or hands?
List two symptoms of heat exhaustion.
What are heavy sweating, faintness (or fainting), dizziness, fatigue, weak/rapid pulse, low blood pressure (upon standing), muscle cramps, nausea, or headache?
Bend this way to minimize back pain/injuries.
What is hinging at the hips or kneeling?
List one plant that attracts harmful pests and one that attracts helpful pests.
Harmful (Berry bushes, potatoes, flowering pumpkins, turnips, cabbage, peppers, four o’clock flowers, nasturtium, leeks, fruit or nut producers, cauliflower, roses, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, onions, sweet corn)
Helpful (Baby's breath, goldenrod, dill, yarrow, rue, daisies, chamomile, sunflowers, lavender, dahlias, parsley, marigolds, thyme)
Ten percent increase in nearby green space was found to decrease a person's health complaints in an amount equivalent to ____.
What is a five-year reduction in that person's age?
This many injuries due to gardening are seen in the emergency room.
What is 400,000
(Will accept a guess between 200,000-600,000)
104 F
Do this to properly lift heavy items.
What is engaging your legs and knees (NOT YOUR BACK), and hold the item close to your body?