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Learn about pest control for your garden and home with Bob Vila, including information on protecting your home from termites and carpenter ants, preventing rose diseases, keeping houseplants bug-free, and more.

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Preventing Rodent Infiltration
Preventing Rodent Infiltration
Your best solution to stop pests from damaging your home is to keep them out of your house in the first place. Here are a few ...
Preventing Rose Diseases
Preventing Rose Diseases
It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow ...
Replacing Rotten Wood Sill and Inserting Natural Insect and Rot Repellent
Replacing Rotten Wood Sill and Inserting Natural Insect and Rot Repellent
A three-panel sliding door is being installed in the Melrose home, giving a great view of the back garden. Bob explains that ...
Spotting Termites
Spotting Termites
Termites and other pest can cause expensive damage. Here's what to look for: sawdust-like accumulations of frass indicate the ...
Sustainable Plantings, Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides
Sustainable Plantings, Natural Fertilizers and Pesticides
Angela Polo and Ken Micklow are on hand to show Bob the sustainable plantings selected for the Punta Gorda home. Polo shows ...
Termite Control
Termite Control
Termites are the number one wood-destroying pest in the country, so preventing and treating infestation is a top priority for ...
Termite Damage
Termite Damage
Here's how you can tell if your house has termite damage. First examine obvious areas of wood rot for termites. Some wood will ...
Termite Damage and Dry Rot in the Naples Home
Termite Damage and Dry Rot in the Naples Home
Bob confers with contractor Al Stouse about the dry-rot and termite damage on the overhangs. Next Bob helps Steve Stouse build ...
Termite Prevention
Termite Prevention
Bob and Ryley meet with exterminator Dean Bailey of Fowler and Sons of Hyannis, MA to discuss termite control in and around ...
Termites: Identification, Prevention and Control
Termites: Identification, Prevention and Control
Termites are the most destructive wood-destroying pest in the nation and successful management requires many special skills, ...
The Biting Bugs of Summer Are Back
The Biting Bugs of Summer Are Back
Strategies for combating backyard pest, including black flies, ticks, biting flies, yellow jackets, and of course, mosquitoes.
Wildlife Habitat
Wildlife Habitat
Make a home for birds, butterflies, and nature's other creatures.
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