Aeration and overseeding-Rejuvenate your lawn.
Aerating and overseeding your lawn is the most important step, after a soil test and correcting the pH and phosphorous, to great lawn care. Use a brush or vacuum to remove spiders and webs.
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Effective spider control
Effective spider control starts with sanitation. A brush on an extension pole is a handy tool to remove spiders. A vacuum is effective for spiders with limited or no webbing like yellow sac spiders. Vacuum and brush aggressively in an area larger than where the web or spider was seen to be sure to remove […]
Yellowjackets and Wasps
Yellowjackets and wasps can make nests that get huge this time of year. Each layer is made from thousands of individual yellowjackets working together to construct a sturdy home to defend. When seeing yellowjackets enter a wall void, you could have a huge nest like this one that is 28 inches x 20 x 20 […]
Carpenter ants in foam insulation
Carpenter ants easily excavate foam insulation to build nests. When water leaks in, the foam holds moisture and heat against the wood. Moist, warm wood is the perfect environment for carpenter ants to thrive. Pay attention for water leaks and ant activity if you have blown in foam insulation. A routine pest inspection of accessible […]
How a dehumidifier works
Dehumidifiers are essential in New England to keep humidity in check. They work by using two components. A blower or fan is the first piece. It draws air into the machine through filters and across cooling coils. The coils are cooled by a compressor. The air drawn across the coils cools rapidly. Cold air cannot […]
Termites come in all sizes
This video shows a large number of termites that can come out of a tiny piece of wood. The termites come in all sizes. They all start as eggs that hatch into nymphs, then the molt (shed their exoskeleton) as they grow. Our termite control takes advantage of this by preventing termites from producing chitin, […]
Mosquito Control with In2Care
In2Care is an innovative treatment for mosquitoes. It exploits the behavior of the egg-laying female to treat areas where she lands after she picks up material in the trap. Used against the Aedes mosquitoes, the egg-laying female mosquito seeks out wet areas to lay her eggs. Once she lands in the In2Care trap the eggs […]
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ant frass looks a lot like sawdust. It is excavated wood the ants removed to build a nest. Two ways to tell frass from other sawdust. First, the frass will have black insect parts in it. These are body parts from other dead carpenter ants removed from the nest. Second, the frass will usually […]
3 ways we protect pollinators from pesticides
Here are 3 ways to protect pollinators from pesticides. We protect pollinators in many ways. Three primary ways we work to protect pollinators from pesticides are listed here. First, we protect against drift from target to non-target sites to protect pollinating insects. That means not treating when the wind is too strong. We pay attention […]
Knotweed is a weed
Knotweed, sometimes called wild bamboo, has a great root mass that prevents easy solutions. Make it starve all year by cutting down new growth. Then in late August cut again and use the highest rate of labeled non-selective herbicide on the stumps. Repeat the application two weeks later. You will have to be persistent for […]