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The 12 Days of Pest-mas (AKA: Stop with the birds)
If you’ve been following along, we posted for the last two weeks on the 12 days of Christmas pest control style. Here’s how it went this...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 26, 20234 min read


Sweating the Small Stuff (AKA: Know what makes me sick?)
Picture this: it’s the holidays and you have friends and relatives over for a party, or maybe it’s the office holiday party. Of course...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 28, 20232 min read


Talking Turkey (AKA: Family pests)
This week is Thanksgiving in the US. For my international friends, it’s a complicated holiday that I won’t get into. It involved a lot of...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 21, 20232 min read


Halloween Spiders (AKA: Say what?)
Spiders are awesome. There is such amazing diversity in spiders, not just in appearance but in food preferences, habitats, biologies, and...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 31, 20234 min read


A Tail of Two Kitchens (AKA: It may be time to panic)
I was at a state conference last week and had lots of fun talking with folks and giving a presentation on ticks. A tick talk! That led to...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 19, 20233 min read


Repelling the Lies (AKA: Exorcising the internet)
All names have been removed to protect the guilty. And I’m not into public shaming. Let’s get into this. This was an honest question and...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 12, 20234 min read


A New Box! (AKA: Presents?)
I received a package the other day. When I saw it on the front stoop, of course I was excited. Who isn’t thrilled these days when...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Do the Natural Thing (AKA: Feel like a natural)
I was just asked to write an article on “natural” pest control. I almost didn’t. It’s like talking about “safe” pesticides or “harmless”...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 15, 20232 min read


I'm Getting Sick Here (AKA: Losing the rat race)
We talk about how important it is to control rodents. They eat our foods and contaminate what’s left. They damage our structures and chew...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 18, 20233 min read


Ten Questions With a Pro! (AKA: Joining the rat race)
Introducing the third episode of the series: ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 27, 20237 min read


Be Afraid, Very Afraid (AKA: Looking through the data)
Last week was Bed Bug Awareness Week and I wrote a brilliant post on bed bugs for you. As if bed bugs weren't scary enough, last week was...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 13, 20233 min read


Seeing Red (AKA: Painting the town red)
It’s that time of year again when the tiny little red things show up. I’ve been seeing it in facebook posts and in other groups....

Chelle Hartzer
May 30, 20233 min read
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