I took the above picture last night as the sun was starting to set. Simply beautiful for a split second, with time and hour and planets lined up just right. like a tiny moment of Zen. 10 seconds later a yellow jacket hit the web and a short battle ensued, with the spider using all […]
Read More »So I’m certain by now you’ve all heard the news about the big neonic cancellation in the westerly coast city of Bancouver. Just that one little city, where if you step across the street into Burnaby or West Van or Surrey or wherever you can use neonics to your heart’s content. C’mon, I thought that […]
Read More »Okay, here’s the contest and it’s easy peasy as my Granddaughter says: The first person to accurately count the number of times “Toxic to Bees” appears on the NEW DRAGNET LABEL wins! Use the label on the PMRA label search, dated last August. Simply email me with your guess…I mean count…to rpercy@gardexinc.com. I’ll give you […]
Read More »Surprised I have written after being semi-isolated for the past 5 weeks. I say “semi” as there’s still doctors, drugs and digestables, and I am the designated shopper. We do share those duties a bit, but with checking in at work and running my other errands it’s just as easy to stop somewhere. Plus I […]
Read More »I get the NY Times every Sunday, just to do the cross word and keep my mind fit. But occasionally I do read something. In the December 2nd issue I believe, in the Times Magazine, was a fascinating article on how a teacher/professor in northern Europe carried out a simple experiment. The article started out […]
Read More »As usual I have to preface this Rant that I am not advocating anything relating to using a chemical out side of the rules and regulations set forth by the government. When we are forced to put Pictograms on labels for the reading challenged, will it turn out to be 345 pages so we can […]
Read More »This year like every other I get several daily phone calls about what product to use on what insect for what location. I try not to wince too much when I await the response to “Have you read the Label?” And don’t tell smile too much when you say “Of course! I always read the […]
Read More »Here’s a prime example of an on-going PROBLEM in our federal registration process, and with the supplier industry to some extent. On the label, and rightly so, are statements explaining WHERE you can use a pesticide, and on WHAT pest, and at the correct RATE. Easy Peesy as my granddaughter would say. Au contraire.. A […]
Read More »IPM IPM IPM. Do we really practice it much in Canada? Not really. Should we? Certainly. Do we hafta??? Once the insecticides are banned I guess so. Reason this train wreck of thought came up is I was reviewing our products and sales for the year, and one product sticks out like a sore thumb: […]
Read More »Here I come to save the day! Mighty Mouse is on the way! Remember Mighty Mouse? You might if you were born in the 40’s or 50’s. That was one cool comic character, would kick the butt of those Paw Patrol wimps I tell you. Any…kinda digressed. Back to mites. Rat mites, bat mites, bird […]
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