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A Pesticide Primer
When pesticides are needed, one should always start with the safest thing and use it only on the target insect. |
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AC Bugs
Insects love warm electrical components and air conditioners are full of them. If you want to keep insects out, experts say do ... |
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Beware of Birdseed
Birdseed carries the eggs of meal moths. In hot weather these varmints hatch, eat starch, then pupate and turn into small tan ... |
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Chimney Cap
Putting a chimney cover or chimney cap on top of your flue can save you a lot of money in the long run. The covers keep out ... |
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Cork Flooring
Cork floors muffle sound and soften footfalls. Made from a renewable resource, they are a quieter, more environmentally ... |
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Deer Deterrant
If deer are hungry enough, they will eat almost any plant. However, some plants are less appealing than others, depending on ... |
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Disappearing Bulbs
Moles don't usually eat plant matter, focusing instead on insects. However, rodents such as mice and voles use their tunnels ... |
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Eliminating Summertime Pests
Common pests don’t have to ruin your summer fun. Here are tips for keeping the top five pests—mosquitoes, ants, wasps and ... |
 
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Fighting Carpenter Ants and Repairing the Porch
House six of the Elmwood project. The porch rebuild continues with decking, bases for columns and the columns themselves. |
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Houseplant Blights
When houseplants get sick and it's not insects, we may say they have blights. |
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Houseplant Bug Problems
Bugs have few natural indoor predators. It's here that their populations explode and cause real harm to our houseplants. |
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How Gardens Grow
One of the joys of summer is making time to read technical journals and publications that pile up on the floor that have been ... |
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Insect Check
Want to check for surface feeding insects? Cut out both ends of a coffee can, screw it into the suspected area of infestation, ... |
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Japanese Beetle Grubs
Lawn insects are a problem, none more so than Japanese Beetles. |
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Low-Dose Termite Protection
Carm DiBella from PestAgon joins Bob to explain the enviornmentally friendly Sentricon termite protection system installed at ... |
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Perform Guard EPS Termite Control
Insulation helps keep people comfortable. Unfortunately, insulations are susceptible to termite infestation. Termites love to ... |
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Pest Management
Early detection and treatment of pests means a healthier growing environment. |
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Prefabricated Chimney Rain Caps
Prefabricated chimneys for heating systems, and for fireplaces, are equipped with rain caps to keep rain water from entering ... |
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Prevent Damage from Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting and, unlike termites, wood damaged by carpenter ants does not ... |
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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 ... |
