Holistic Health
You lock your doors. You close your windows. You take pride in keeping your home clean. So why are ants marching across your kitchen counter? Why did you find a spider in the basement? And how did that mouse end up in your garage? Pests don’t need an open door to get inside your home. They only need a tiny opening—often one so small you’ll never notice it.
At Holistic Pest Solutions, we spend our days helping homeowners and businesses manage unwanted pests. But not every insect is a pest. In fact, some insects are absolutely essential to the health of our environment—and few are more important than the humble bumble bee. It’s important to know why bumble bees matter and this blog will tell you.
While stink bugs are generally harmless to people and pets, they can become a major nuisance inside your home and are capable of causing significant damage to gardens, crops, and ornamental plants.
As temperatures drop, rodents will do what they have done for centuries: seek warmth, shelter, and food indoors. Mice might be small and maybe even cute, despite their beady little eyes, but you do NOT want them in your home. Once in, they will stay even as the weather turns warmer, and the damage they can do is GREAT. Deal with them now before their populations get higher and they cause contamination and disease. Rodents are NOT Cute!
Bringing the outdoors IN can be great way to get ready for the holidays and add a bit of festive cheer to your home. Natural décor has a richness and warmth you can’t duplicate with plastic. Fresh greenery, pinecones, cinnamon, citrus, and wood elements add a cozy, timeless, and elevated Christmas feel. Make it a HO HO Holistic Christmas with these few, fun holiday decoration ideas will not only save you money, but are also a snap to DIY!
Sure, you could buy your decorations at the store—but if you want a more natural look this holiday season, why not head outside and find some natural holiday beauty? Many of us have artificial Christmas trees now (and goodness knows, real trees are both expensive AND difficult to get this year), but still, bringing the outdoors IN can be great way to get ready for the holidays and add a bit of festive cheer to your home. These holistic holiday decoration ideas will not only save you money, but they’re also a snap to DIY!
Sometimes it is frustratingly easy for pests to enter our homes and wreak havoc on our lives. They manage to get in through places we never would have thought of. Central Virginia’s hot and muggy summer has kept them really happy outside for a while, but the cooler Fall and Winter weather will soon be here and the influx of pests will be looking for a way IN.
It’s been written that at any given moment, a billion billion bugs are besieging the earth.
It’s been written that at any given moment, a billion billion bugs are besieging the earth.
Mice can get into homes and become a real problem – building nests, contaminating food, causing damage, and spreading disease. But to get rid of them, you need to understand what they do and what they like. Following are some Q&As to help you better understand rodents in Virginia. (Questions and Answers!) How do I…