The primary ingredient in Mole-Med is castor oil, a material that moles despise; both its smell and its taste. As soon as the mole detects the presence of Mole-Med, it will move immediately to a territory that does not have Mole-Med. While Mole-Med is designed to repel moles, tests have shown that it is an [...]
The other day I received a letter in the mail asking me to put the word out… so I am posting it here! I have to say a little tear was in my eye by the end.. To whom it may concern, Please send a message out into the world that I am not a [...]
And stay away from my bulbs! Every fall I spend a small fortune on bulbs for the spring and I actually keep them over the Winter! I am going to share my secret with you on how I have come to actually enjoy them blooming in the spring. I plant all my bulbs in pots and [...]
” I’ve just built a pond in my backyard and the raccoons are destroying it!” I hear this everyday, and really there isn’t much you can do about. I’ve seen a lot of time and money wasted on techniques that are either useless or just stink (a client of ours use to bury fish waste [...]
I’m your host, Scott “Buzz Buzz” Pasternak and I’m here to tell you, flies are interesting! Did you know the following facts about flies? Flies are in the order Diptera. Flies, unlike most winged insects, only have one pair of complete wings. Their hind wings are reduced and modified to structures called halteres which help them [...]
Do you know one household item that is a GREAT weed killer? Good old fashioned vinegar. It’s an acid that plants don’t like and basically burns the heck out anything it’s sprayed on. Keep in mind that it kills almost any plant where it’s sprayed so don’t spray it on the ones you want to [...]
Walking to work the other day I noticed a lot of damage in the trees…as in caterpillar damage. The best solution is called BTK. This is a product that you spray on your trees, and when those little pests start eating it takes care of them! It will be their last meal! Oh, that [...]
I’m still getting a lot of people coming in with damaged leaves from slugs n snails.. apparently they’re still hungry! A good way to get rid of the slimy little buggers is the old stand-by, Cory’s Slug n Snail Bait. But in this day and age where we’re doing our best to move away from pesticides, an [...]
I came back from a weekend away to a lady coming at me with a bag… “What was in the bag?”, you may be asking. Well, she was shrieking that bugs are killing her plants and upon close inspection I saw that they were lady bug larvae. “These are GOOD BUGS”, I told her. I don’t think that [...]
The question of the week is… “I have black bugs on the stem of my dahlias, what are they?” The answer is APHIDS. They love this time of year when things are putting out bulbs and the sugars are flowing inside plants. A solution to this is the product End-All by Safer’s. It takes care of all [...]
