Spring is coming. Lawn and plant health care renewal notifications are now in your mailbox or email box. Prepay discounts continue this year with a 5% off for full season prepayment made by March 21st. For customers with aeration that prepay for the season by January 31st take another $50 off the aeration service. If […]
New year and new resolutions. Lose weight, don’t repeat the mistakes of last year, organize and stay organized! If you are digging into your attic, basement or garage to finally get it organized and under control, please follow a few simple guidelines to help your house. 1) Don’t store items in cardboard boxes or on […]
Stored product pests are any pests that infest food products. These have complete metamorphosis, meaning the insect progress from egg, to larva, to pupa, then adult. In each stage the insect is totally different. The larval stage is like a worm or maggot and starts very small after hatching from the egg. This tiny larva […]
Rats and mice are lazy enough to use the doors we provide. The openings at the bottom of the door are the first areas to seal to the outside. Replace or add a door sweep to the side of the door with the door stops (the inside of the jamb) so that air cannot easily […]
Keep your head down to try to solve fly issues. When restaurants have flies, the management and staff spend time killing adults. They will try to kill the adults with DDVP strips, sprays to kill adults, fly swatters. Save your time, money and energy and look for wet, organic matter. Adult flies pupate out of […]
Over the winter deer can devastate ornamental plantings like arborvitae, rhododendron, boxwood and holly. We apply Deer Pro up to deer browsing height to make the plant tissue have a bitter taste. Deer tend to feed on preferred sources over and over so only light sampling will occur and the deer will feed on […]
This image is looking up below a deck at a corner in the foundation. Mice expanded an existing seam where the cut wood and concrete foundation was not flush. The grease (sebum) marks are from the hair (fur) of the mice passing through repeatedly. The ground below is littered with eaten acorns. Mirrors are essential […]
The Hemlock below has the woolly masses of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid eggs between the needles or leaves pictured in the photo. Severe infestations resemble snow. Dormant oil or Fall Horticultural oil applications to your plants has many benefits. For hemlocks, the oil application suffocates hemlock woolly adelgid. Oils are effective controls of many plant pests. Advantages […]
Grass carrying wasps, A solitary wasp, packs a small cavity such as around a window or storm window frame with grass, stings a grasshopper or other bug and lays her egg inside. Her hatched egg feeds on the insect and grows up to build a pupae casing in the grass nest created by its mother. […]
Change your dehumidifier filter every 3 months and the black plastic prefilter annually. A dirty filter makes the machine less efficient and have to work harder. The picture here is a clean Santa Fe Classic dehumidifier filter on the right compared to a dirty filter on the left side.