What is Perimeter Insect Control?

What is Perimeter Insect Control?

What is perimeter pest insect control? Last week, I found a small brown ant in my bathroom sink. It was late January in Indiana. It’s cold. I can understand the ants wanting inside where it’s warm, but I don’t like sharing my sink with insects, do...
How to Manage Pythium Blight

How to Manage Pythium Blight

How to manage Pythium Blight begins with knowing what Pythium blight is. It’s a destructive turfgrass disease caused by various species of the Pythium genus. It primarily affects cool-season grasses, such as bentgrass, fescue, and ryegrass, but can also impact...
Landscape Design Makes A Difference

Landscape Design Makes A Difference

As I look out my window at the snow-covered lawn there’s not much to see of my landscape design. Besides, it’s below zero with a wind chill in the minus 20s. So, I’m not spending much time outdoors. However, spring is right around the corner and whether it’s...
What Is Tree Surgery?

What Is Tree Surgery?

So, what is tree surgery? The answer is many procedures. It can be as simple as pruning or as complicated as properly guying a tree. I walk at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. I like to walk in local parks, but I’ll walk in my neighborhood if I’m running...
7 Steps to Hitting Your New Year’s Resolutions

7 Steps to Hitting Your New Year’s Resolutions

Most of us have made New Year’s resolutions only to abandon them after the mood was gone. I once had an employment candidate tell me, “Character is the will to follow through on a good resolve after the mood wore off.” Good point. I’m not...