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Chelle Hartzer
Jun 11, 20243 min read
Pop Quiz (AKA: Where's your bugs?)
Last week was“Bed Bug Awareness Week”. Are you excited, did you celebrate?!?! Since the re-emergence of bed bugs in the US in the early...
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Chelle Hartzer
May 21, 20243 min read
What’s the Buzz? (AKA: Talking about the birds and the bees
Yesterday was World Bee Day. Despite what many people think, the urban pest control sector is not out to kill all the beneficial insects...
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Chelle Hartzer
May 14, 20243 min read
What Did You Just Call Me? (AKA: Flamethrowers and dragons)
As I sit here and try to come up with something brilliant for this week’s blog post…the universe is giving me absolutely nothing. So...
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Chelle Hartzer
Apr 30, 20243 min read
I’ve Got Ant-swers (AKA: This is import-ant)
I was helping a friend with a cleanup last weekend. We had done quite a bit on the first day including cleaning up some wine. Second day...
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Chelle Hartzer
Apr 23, 20243 min read
Flying Off the Handle (AKA: A bug in the system)
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Apr 16, 20243 min read
It Costs That Much (AKA: You get what you pay for)
Buckle up folks, I’ve got a great one for you this week: someone had to pay for pest control services! Oh, the horror! Let’s break this...
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Chelle Hartzer
Apr 9, 20242 min read
To Kill or Not to Kill (AKA: That’s a great question)
When I introduce myself to people who are not in the pest control field, I often say that I’m the consultant to contract killers, helping...
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Chelle Hartzer
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Double Duty (AKA: Working hard)
I’m on semi-holiday right now. Working is a whole lot better when you can be sitting, watching the ocean, sipping your tea, and eating a...
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Chelle Hartzer
Mar 25, 20243 min read
Bite Me (AKA: Just stop already)
You folks know I read a lot of research on all things pests so I can help my clients have the best service possible. I have quite a few...
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Chelle Hartzer
Mar 19, 20242 min read
Harbingers of Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)
Some people see the signs of spring as daffodils, trees starting to bud and flower, warmer temperatures, or even the cacophony of birds...
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Chelle Hartzer
Mar 12, 20243 min read
I Don’t Hate Cats 2 (AKA: Here we go again)
I can’t believe this is still coming up. Well, no…I can believe it. I looked back through my old posts and I posted about this in 2022...
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Chelle Hartzer
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Dollars and Cents (AKA: Making a killing)
I posted a few days ago about a record setting fine leveled against a company due to violating food safety laws. There were numerous...
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Chelle Hartzer
Feb 13, 20242 min read
A Special Kind of Love (AKA: Pest passion)
Personally, I’m not a fan of Valentine's Day. Since it is tomorrow, I will put my own romantic spin on it. A pest control spin! Who...
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Chelle Hartzer
Feb 6, 20244 min read
Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: More than four letter words)
While I talk about this topic quite a bit within posts, I don’t often focus on it. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes you can see...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jan 30, 20243 min read
Storytime! (AKA: I don't understand)
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jan 16, 20243 min read
Minor Pot Crimes (AKA: Where there’s smoke…)
It happens. It’s a little embarrassing but to be perfectly honest, I’ve had it happen. Particularly in the winter months or right before...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jan 9, 20242 min read
Take that Nostradamus! (AKA Pudge controls the weather)
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Jan 2, 20242 min read
Best of 2023 (AKA: You folks are weird!*)
Let’s take a look back and see what happened last year! Blogs: You folks really like the “Hold your breath” blog talking about some...
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Chelle Hartzer
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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...
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Chelle Hartzer
Dec 19, 20232 min read
Seven Swans a’Swimming (WTF with all the birds?)
A couple weeks ago, I’m watching boobies (the bird, get your mind out of the gutter) plunging after flying fish. The fish were flying and...
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