This Nov 24, we want to share Small Business Saturday® with you! It’s a holiday shopping tradition, backed by American Express, that celebrates small businesses like ours. And it wouldn’t be a celebration without customers like you joining us. So mark your calendar for Nov 24th — the Saturday after Thanksgiving — and get ready […]
To prevent winter deer feeding we apply DeerPro on susceptible evergreen plants. The material has a light green color that rinses off during the warm rains in the spring. Anti-transpirant applications are made after the deer application because the waxy material in the anti transpirant that makes them effective keeps the deer application from adhering […]
As the season wraps up it is time for one of the final plant health care applications of the year, the late fall anti-desiccant application to reduce winter burn. Winter burn is not a burn at all, but a common name for what happens when a plant loses its moisture over the winter and, due […]
Don’t give mice and rats an open door. A door sweep is a flexible strip installed at the bottom of the door. It is there to close the gap between the closed door and threshold. A missing or broken door sweep is an open door to insects, mice, and rats. Rodents and insects use that […]
A mirror shows what you cannot see. When trying to find mouse entry points to your home or business, use a mirror. Like your dentist using a mirror to see behind your teeth, a mirror lets you see the back or underside view that is otherwise impossible to see. The problem is the vantage point. […]
The time is here for fall tree injections. Using the Tree IV system these fall applications are for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (a winter feeder), gypsy moth and winter moth. Injections are done every one to two years. Injecting protects ornamental trees from insect attack using the least amount of insecticide and placing it inside the […]
Can you spot the mouse in this photo? This photo shows a mouse in the mulch outside a home in the Boston area. This was taken in Belmont, Massachusetts. This photo illustrates how well their brown and grey fur acts as camouflage to hide them in the environment. As temperatures cool off, the heat escaping […]
Each fall we get calls for termites that are actually citronella ants. The eastern subterranean termite is a spring swarming insect. Fall ant swarms are normally citronella ants and that can be easily verified by crushing a few between your fingers and smelling the distinctive lemony citronella scent. This ant Lasius interjectus generally does not forage […]
First colors of fall noticed this week. Fall invaders like stink bugs (western conifer seed bug) and lady bugs (the state bug of Massachusetts) will soon be heading for the higher structural elements like soffits and windows on south facing sides of homes. They are entering to overwinter and do not infest a structure. Make […]