Here are a few highlights:

• Quarterly Service
• Specifically designed for each season here in Utah
• Includes full Wasp Treatment Program- $175 value- guarantees against wasp nesting for the entire year
• Includes Full Ant Control including baiting to prevent ants- $50-$80 value
• Includes Rodent Control- $125+ value
• Includes Biological Drain Cleaning to prevent gnats and fruit flies- $60 value
• We include sheds and crawl spaces at no extra charge
• Dust in wall voids around all accessible plumbing with specialized equipment
• Specialized window treatments to prevent pests from entering through the windows
• We do not run your baseboards with a hand sprayer and hope that the insects cross the chemical
• We get deep into the walls and harborages to stop insects
• Long-lasting residual dusts are applied to all cracks on the exterior of home
• Water Activated Crystals used around the foundation of home in the summer
• Free call backs if you have insect problems inside the home

We keep growing and expanding our bed bug heat division and last fall we added electric heaters to our heat arsenal. This allows us to better serve each customer and meet their needs. We now have both propane and electric heating options. They both have advantages and disadvantages but we now have the flexibility to do whatever would be best for every situation.

We really enjoy helping homeowners and businesses eliminate their bed bug problems. It is a pleasure to serve the community with such a fantastic and needed service.

Now, things are very different. We are now one of the top bed bug professionals in the nation. We have devoted thousands of hours to research, study, seminars, hands on experience, treatments, and hard work. We were the first in Utah with a bed bug detection canine and also the first in Utah with heat treatments. We have heated thousands of rooms successfully. We have also taken the time to study the behaviors of our live colonies of bed bugs.

The number of calls is also very different. We now receive bed bug calls every day. We are doing heat treatments for bed bugs almost every day. The number of bed bugs infestations in Utah is astounding. Last year I thought we were so busy we couldn’t see straight and this year bed bug calls are up 200% over last year.

Please be smart and if you have bed bugs or think you have bed bugs ask for help. Bed bugs are something that you should not tackle on your own. In fact I have never seen it done, I know it has happened, but I have personally never seen it. When choosing a  professional, they should be able to answer every question you have about bed bugs or find someone else. They should have a clear plan and be very specific.

Don’t let the bed bugs bite!

Bed Bug Aggregation In Utah

We are excited to announce that our organic lawn care is branching off and forming it’s own company called Soil Matters. Soil Matters will offer a wider variety of organic options for your lawn and garden. The new services are amazing!

Orkin

1. Cincinnati, Ohio
2. Columbus, Ohio
3. Chicago, Illinois
4. Denver, Colorado
5. Detroit, Michigan
6. Washington, DC
7. New York, New York
8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Dayton, Ohio
10. Baltimore, Maryland

Terminix

1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Detroit
4. Cincinnati
5. Chicago
6. Denver
7. Columbus, Ohio
8. Dayton, Ohio
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Los Angeles
11. Boston
12. Indianapolis
13. Louisville, Ky.
14. Cleveland
15. Minneapolis, Minn.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/beating-bed-bug-epidemic

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

(We would like to make a disclaimer that if you watch the video “How to deal with bed bugs” that there is some misinformation given that we do not agree with nor endorse.)

Compost improves your soil texture and structure, supplies and helps retain nutrients, provides moisture and aeration, helps control weeds, and reduces the need to buy fertilizers. Compost will improve any type of soil.

-If you add organic matter to sandy soils, you won’t have to water as frequently.

-If you add organic matter to silty soil, the soil will be less slippery and allow more air to the roots.

-If you add organic matter to clay soils, your soil will become easier to work and will allow root systems to develop and water to soak in more readily.

In the Garden

Instead of digging in fresh compost, just add a layer to the top of your soil  and walk away. Do this at least twice a year-in the fall and in early spring-and add a fresh layer of mulch on top.

In the Lawn

Just spread compost on top of the lawn by dumping small piles and spreading the compost with a rake to a depth of a 1/2 inch. You can also use a spreader and simply spread the compost on top of the lawn.

If you can commit to top dressing your soil with compost  twice a year your lawn and garden will thrive.

“Stay away from the “weed and feed” type products. Getting the “weed” part to actually hit the leaves of the weeds and stay there is iffy at best. Much more effective is the attack-one-weed-at-a-time approach. At least, that way you are less likely to be exposing every blade of grass, every passing kitty, and every child’s foot to chemical poison.”

Joy Bossi is a Utah native and a gardening expert. She is well known in Utah for her radio program “Joy in the Garden”.

I completely agree with Joy. Typically about 98% of the herbicides in “weed and feed” do not hit their target pest, weeds. Herbicides are designed to kill and more and more research is shedding light on the dangers of herbicides. Stay away from these products and ask your “lawn care” company if they are mixing herbicides in with their fertilizers. If the answer is yes stay clear. Kids should be able to play in the lawn without being exposed to harmful chemicals. It is not worth the risk!