Pest Control

How To Stop An Early Spring Ant Invasion

When the first days of spring start heating up then the bugs around your home will start looking for food. Most people notice this when they see small black ants in their kitchen but this is not the only place ants will search for food. The best way to stop ants from invading your home is to act quickly and in this how to …

How To Top 10 Required Home Maintenance Check List

A lot of new home owners and even long time home owners can save themselves a lot of money by completing required home maintenance on a scheduled interval. Most of these things can be completed by a home owner without the need of a technician. Other items will need a visit from a professional to complete the maintenance.

By completing these small check list items you can save yourself a lot of money …

How To Treat Your Home Effectively For Termites

A friend of ours contacted us about a Termite problem they think they have. Recently they saw a few random flying termites on their property and because they were concerned they called out a company that did an evaluation. The company found that there were no active termite infestations but concluded that a felled tree that was rotting and full of other bugs along with a wood pile that was located near the home …

How To Prevent Pests from Entering Your Home

In this How To a friend is asking about the best way to seal their foundation and areas at ground level to help prevent pests from entering their home.

We have crickets and mice during the summer so we need to fill the cracks between our siding and foundation. We tried to caulk it with polyurethane caulking.

Well at least they made an attempt and although its pretty ugly work it may help some. Unfortunately bugs …

How To Stop The Spring Ant Invasion Dead In Their Tracks

Its that time again and this is kind of a follow up post about handling ant problems in your home.  Every year we have ants when it first gets warm. It seems they know there is a source of food and water in our kitchen and for ants it doesn’t take much to make them happy.

You don’t have to have a dirty house or forget to wash the counter tops although if you …

How to – Sterilize Garden Soil of Pests and Bacteria without harsh Chemicals

As Gardeners we all understand that at times there is a need to use chemicals in our garden to protect and improve our crops.

The most common chemicals we use are chemical based fertilizers and soil conditioners like lime that improve the health of our plants. Often these chemicals are safer for the home or small gardener and cheaper for larger farms then the alternative of organic products.

When it comes to pesticides, fungicides and anti bacterial products …

How To – Protecting Your Garden from Japanese Beetles

The Japanese beetle has been a problem in gardens since the early 1900’s when it first entered the USA through New Jersey. Since that time it has found very few natural enemys which has allowed it to grow freely in the eastern united states .. those states east of the Mississippi River.. however western states like Arkansas and Iowa have seen populations causing problems.

Both the Grubs or larval stage and Adults are a pest …

How To – Using Pesticides to protect your home and garden from bugs and grubs

Your lawn is really just a jungle for a variety of different pests and when they get hungry they can cause your grass problems and if they get real hungry they may start coming inside your home.

Preventing pests is easier then curing an infestation. Unfortunately because of the vast number of pests in your garden and the ones that go untreated in your neighbors yard the best you can hope for is a manageable …

How To – Cockroaches Control and Inspection

Although Cockroaches may be considered a pest because they look pretty nasty they can also be dangerous to your health causing gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. The latest research also shows that cockroach debris (old shells, body parts, and droppings) triggers asthma attacks in people who are sensitized to cockroach allergen.

Which homes should be checked?

Any home with food or moisture in it can have cockroaches. Often, apartment buildings have the worst infestations. A home …

How To – Dealing With An Ant Invasion

Ants can be a problem any time of the year but they are likely to start their invasion in mid-spring to early summer when they come out of winter dormancy and begin to search farther from their homes for food.

Ants are definitely attracted to our garbage and once one ant finds your trash can they will return to the colony and alert all of their friends of an abundant food source. For this reason …