Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...

Pesticides often get a bad reputation, especially in the media, and can be viewed as “nasty chemicals” or “harmful” or even just “evil”....

I do not live out west where the devastating fires are continuing, and that doesn’t mean I’m not impacted. All of us will be in some way...

As sometimes happens, I have a blog post almost ready to go. Then something happens, or I see an article, or my news feed lights up. What...

Yet again, I bring you something ripped from the headlines. It’s timely, it’s horrifying, it’s appalling… it’s pest control. Some quick...

It’s election day here in the US, if you haven’t voted already, please go vote! In honor of election day, you should vote for your...

Buckle up for a deep dive. We have some of the safest food in the US, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues. Here’s what’s going on...

House flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, and more can all get inside structures. They are all known to carry food-borne diseases. They can...

This episode marks the 210th weekly blog post. That’s more than four years of weekly (ranting) writing about all things urban pest...

I have a small compost bucket I keep under my kitchen counter until it is ready to be taken out. That means it sits there for maybe two...

I’m taking my morning walk today and over the podcast I am listening to, I hear a cardinal start chirping. Now, when I start hearing the...

Actual conversation I had with a client the other day: Client: I don’t understand why we still have this problem. Me: How long has it...

At the beginning of every year, it seems I get a lot of questions on what’s going to be “the thing” this year for pest control. It’s...

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...

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...

What causes you pain? There is physical pain (falling down the stairs after the cat trips you), and there is emotional pain. There is the...

I’m not sure if I’ve been sucked into some algorithm or if there really have been more news stories popping up on pests in food...

This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...

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...

One of the big parts of my job is to keep up with current research, find out what it means on the field level, and share with my clients...