Monthly Archive February 15, 2023

Often when a issue comes up that we can not handle ourselves; we turn to the computer to find a solution, run down to the local hardware store and purchase what needs to fix the problem. Then there are the more complicated problems: ” I have rats in my attic”  Back to google to find someone to fix the problem right now.  Sure we “Google”  pest control and what pops: all the “google ads” that the big corporate pest control company have paid for. I personally skip these and look for a local company. You type in Delta B.C. and the type of company that can help: in this case “pest control” . Boom, a dozen company pop up. Are they local, don’t know, so we click on the website and it’s a corporate franchise company whose call center is in Toronto and their dispatch comes from the deep heart of Surrey. Back to “google” to find a local company. So let’s keep jobs and business local. Need pest control and want a local company; then call Go Green Pest Control. Go Green Pest Control is Delta’s only owned and operated pest control company: specializing in local knowledge, prompt friendly service with a noticeable Delta twang. Go Green Pest Control does residential service. We can set up a contract to keep the rodents at bay all year long. Go Green Pest Control & Exterminators  778-886-4111

Raccoons and Skunks and Crows  are turning up the turf again, and its because they are hunger and your lawn is loaded with chafer beetle grubs.  It’s a common sight in Delta—lawns decimated by birds and animals that desperately dig for chafer beetle grubs. 
Damage is done during the grub, or larvae, stage. The grubs feed on the fibrous roots of grass, which crows, raccoons and skunks quickly rip up each spring and fall in search of the tasty pests.
Water is key to controlling grubs without pesticides. Microscopic round worms, known as nematodes, are the most effective defense against the chafer beetle. Nematodes—available at garden supply stores—are applied to infested lawns at the end of July when the beetle is beginning its grub stage. Effective treatment involves two weeks of regular watering.
Watering exemption permits would be good for 21 days inside July 15 to Aug. 15, and would be available free to homeowners with water meters and proof of nematodes purchase. Homeowners without a meter would pay $33.50 and be required to sign up for water meter installation.
Even city boulevards, which homeowners are responsible for maintaining, haven’t been left unscathed. Lawns with moss are more susceptible to damage, along with turf that’s mowed short.

It’s that time again when working in the garden looks like it’s about to begin, have you ever noticed small blue black wasp flicking its shiny wings as it dashed across the dirt, searching here and there, looking for a spider. The chalybion californicum is an impressive wasp, which can be identified by its blue and black sheen, a narrow waist between thorax and abdomen. Though Yellow jackets, paper wasps and bald faced hornets are the very model of teamwork, the solitary wasp have an incredible variety in their lifestyle and shapes, but one thing binds them together injecting eggs directly into their victim while larvae consume its innards.  The larva, having molted five or so times, will be at full adult weight and pupate (form a cocoon), emerge as an adult and continue the cycle.