House centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) can be found invading homes around the globe. But should you break out the flyswatter or should you simply let them die another day? The common house centipede. Just the Facts …
Written by: Lauren
Mosquitoes can be the vectors for horrible diseases but, for the most part, they’re an incurable nuisance. In fact, I wrote an earlier post about using natural plants to ward off the pests. Home Fixated …
Written by: Lauren
A couple months ago I unhappily discovered bees swarming our house. DISCLAIMER – DON”T try this at home. I then proceeded to get a very long pole, stuck a wad of steel wool at the …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Our home is filled with traditional, double hung windows. Several are original to the home, which was built in the 1930’s (that’s prehistoric by California standards). One of the first things I did when we …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Gardening, Green, Pest Control
Awww! So adorable! Right? Wrong! Don’t be fooled! This sweet little hippity-hop-bun-bun is one of the most notorious scoundrels to ever descend upon the gardener’s plot. It’s the reason you need garden pest prevention done …
Written by: Amy
Sometimes it’s not what you do or how you do it that’s the problem. Sometimes your luck as a gardener just runs out temporarily. The bug armies of doom invade, leaving your plants silently screaming …
Written by: Lauren
Termites. Even the mention of the word is enough to make wood tremble with fear. They could be in your home right now, munching away on your walls, ceilings and floors like stoners at a …
Written by: Eric
My seven year old daughter and I are besties. We pinkie promise each other every day that we’ll see each other after school. We do sleepovers in each other’s rooms on weekends, and we build …
Written by: Amy
Yesterday the garden was perfectly fine, but today you have returned home to find the tomato plants completely leafless and strange bugs frolicking in the cabbages. It’s a more common occurrence than we would ever …
Written by: Lauren
I was mistakenly led to believe that strawberries were docile, unambitious plants. After planting one, the hostile takeover commenced. It didn’t help that I decided to start some alpine strawberries a short while later. Yes, …
Written by: Lauren