Maintaining Impossible Landscapes: Choosing A Beautiful Lawn Or Beautiful Trees To Give Shade On A High End Property?

Impossible landscapes to maintain on today’s edition of the Pestgeek Podcast with integrated pest control management professional Franklin ‘The Pestgeek’ Hernandez. This beautiful lawn on a lakefront property lined with over 30 palm trees has been serviced by us for close to 15 years yet we have never been able to fix some issues with…

Understanding The Difference Between Alligator Euthanasia & Humane Alligator Dispatch As Presented By Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel

There is an important distinction to be made by wildlife control professionals to help the public have a proper understanding of these procedures without perpetuating myths. On today’s edition of the Living The Wildlife Podcast, host and wildlife control consultant Stephen Vantassel gives us a brief presentation on alligator euthanasia which consists of terminating an…

If You Are A Pest Control Tech, This Is Why You May Be Better Off Starting An Integrated Pest Management Business.

Are you a pest control pro who struggles with growth potential in your field? On today’s edition of the Pestgeek podcast, host and integrated pest control management professional Franklin Hernandez discusses the limited growth potential of an IPM technician versus an IPM business owner. In fact, the numbers show that there is plenty of room…

The Burrow Buddy Gopher Trapping Tool Review By Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel

Having trouble with gophers? On today’s edition of the Living The Wildlife Podcast, host and wildlife control consultant Stephen Vantassel reviews the Burrow Buddy gopher trapping tool. This tool is useful for catching pocket gophers, widely referred to simply as gophers (burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae endemic to North and Central America. Gophers are…

If Integrated Pest Control Management Is Such A Rewarding Career, Why Is It So Undervalued?

It may be a little known fact that most pest control professionals in the IPM industry come from diverse backgrounds. In fact, many IPM professionals come from different academic backgrounds and careers altogether. Having gotten his start in the IT field as a programmer, host and integrated pest control management professional Franklin ‘The Pestgeek’ Hernandez…

Regardless of how much spraying, baiting, placing In2care traps or Inzecto traps we do, mosquito control will not be attainable if water is accumulating elsewhere on the property. On today’s episode of the Pestgeek podcast, as we follow up on a mosquito control program for a client, we come across the unfortunate sight of stagnant…

Roof Rat Control Methods For The Wildlife Control Professional With Wildlife Control Consultant Stephen Vantassel

In our previous episode of the Living The Wildlife Podcast, host and wildlife control consultant Stephen Vantassel gave us a brief overview of Rattus Rattus biology. On today’s edition Stephen gives us a brief overview of roof rat control methods for wildlife control professionals. This rodent is generally referred to as the black rat or…