The outdoor wedding I attended a couple of weekends ago could have used this product. The Mosquito Mister bills itself as "the fastest way to clear a yard of mosquitoes." Let it run for three minutes in your yard and it will clear a 2,000-square-foot area for as long...
Okay, repeat after me: "I will not attempt to kill spiders in my home by setting them on fire." A teenager in Reno, Nevada, recently learned this lesson the hard way after he set his backyard fence and a portion of his home on fire. No one was hurt and the teenager...
Is it possible to blow up your apartment while spraying for bugs? According to this Reuters article, a New Jersey man recently did exactly that. Are these spray cans a major threat to household safety? Salon.com says explosions could happen but only when using massive...
Deer and rabbits may be cute little animals we enjoy seeing, but don’t let them fool you. They are naturally going to want to eat everything that they can, so letting them roam in your lawn or garden might not be the best idea as they can really wreak havoc. The...
Everyone loves lady bugs except when they invade your home by the thousands. A friend of mine recently had a lady bug infestation and dug up this page for ways to manage it. The best plan is to stop them before they get in by sealing all cracks and potential entry...
There is nothing more annoying than a bunch of bloodthirsty mosquitoes roaming around your backyard. The army of them that joined my family’s July 4th celebration was far too much to fend off with a small bottle of bug spray. We desperately needed some added...
I'll never forget the time my wife and I were dive-bombed by a bat while we were in bed at a lake house. We spent the entire night cowering under the sheets. This was several years ago so this article from Old House Journal on how to rid a home of bats is long overdue...
I do declare that the first Sunday in June to officially be Bug Your Mom Day. As people who read my blogs know, I live in Florida but for you Northerners the bugs really are not out in full force until June. So, June makes sense for us as a nation to start thinking...
I drive on the highway in Central Florida, which means I get bombarded with the “love bug” (Plecia nearctica) just about everywhere I go. Don’t cry for me nearctica. The truth is I never felt you. All through your wild days Your mad existence. You fly into my...
Every Monday morning I put out my recycling and grit my teeth. I hate it. I am all for the saving of the planet and its natural resources. It is the little industrious man in the brand new Toyota Sienna Minivan taking the aluminum from my and all of my neighbors'...
