It’s that time of year again. School’s out, the heat is coming on, and summer camps are filling up with excited campers. For a week or two kids can forget about homework and classes and concentrate on the great outdoors. A little hiking, a little swimming, and the chance to make some lasting memories. It […]
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Second-Hand Furniture, Bed Bugs and You
I was chatting with a friend the other day. She manages a number of rental properties. A combination of commercial and residential units. One of them is a quadplex located in a small neighboring college town. She tends to rent to a lot of students who don’t want to live in the dorms. It’s a […]
DIY Bed Bug Repellants – How to Keep the Bed Bugs from Biting
The first thing you do (hopefully) when you find bed bugs in your home is to call in a professional exterminator. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the sooner you take action the sooner you can get back to a bed bug free life. But bed bug removal does take time. […]
The Life Cycle of the Bed Bug
If you find bed bugs in your home your first instinct is to get rid of them as quickly as possible. But to fully eradicate a bed bug infestation you first have to understand what you’re fighting. And to do that you need to know a little about the life cycle of one of the […]
How to Get Bed Bugs Out of Your Mattress
Just the idea of bed bugs can leave us cowering in our beds. Unfortunately, hiding under the covers isn’t much of a defense. In fact, it’s probably the worst place for us. Those blood-sucking pests are most often found in bedrooms. Heck – it’s how they got their name. Bed bugs tend to be found […]