BUGGING OUT
Double-duty lantern
Experts are predicting an especially buggy summer. Not only a nuisance, pests such as mosquitoes, black flies and no-see-ums can also transmit disease. ThermaCELL’s hand-held lanterns provide an effective, affordable option for getting bugs to buzz off. About $22 at most home-improvement outlets, or visit .
TELEVISION MAKEOVER
Locals win out
Producers of “America’s Most Desperate Landscape” received more than 33,000 video entries from homeowners hoping to win a $25,000 yard makeover with contractor and show host Jason Cameron and his crew. The worst among them? That honor goes to Marni Ratzel and Kevin Richards of Niwot, whose outdoor space is basically composed of bare dirt, rocks and weeds. The couple’s extravagant new landscape courtesy of the DIY Network will be revealed June 8 on NBC’s “Today” show.
Elana Ashanti Jefferson, The Denver Post
