Pest plan 7/11

Rats don’t take holidays (AKA: I’m the weird tourist)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 19, 20224 min read

Rats don’t take holidays (AKA: I’m the weird tourist)

You know how after you do something for a long time it sort of gets stuck in your brain and you see it everywhere? Like after you learn...

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It Was the Best of Times…(AKA: Retrospecting)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 13, 20222 min read

It Was the Best of Times…(AKA: Retrospecting)

I’m on vacation this week so it’s perfect timing to look back and see what you folks liked. Blog posts – After writing these weekly for...

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Christmas in July? (AKA: Just here chilling...)

Chelle Hartzer

Jul 5, 20223 min read

Christmas in July? (AKA: Just here chilling...)

Yup, it’s the beginning of July and the start of summer (in the northern hemisphere at least) and with climate change, it has been much...

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Caught in a Trap (AKA: We can’t go on together)

Chelle Hartzer

Jun 28, 20224 min read

Caught in a Trap (AKA: We can’t go on together)

I get lots of requests for training and those are always catered to what the customer wants. It doesn’t do anyone any good if I give a...

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Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire (AKA: Feel the heat)

Chelle Hartzer

Jun 21, 20223 min read

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire (AKA: Feel the heat)

Much of the US is under an early heat wave right now. I know where I am, temperatures are much higher than normal for this early in the...

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What Would You Do for $2K? (AKA: I remember being a poor starving grad student...)

Chelle Hartzer

Jun 14, 20223 min read

What Would You Do for $2K? (AKA: I remember being a poor starving grad student...)

If you saw my post last week, you know I have been doing this for over two years. (If you haven’t, why not?!?!) You would think after...

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Chelle Hartzer

Jun 7, 20223 min read

Anniversaries (AKA: Please send gifts)

This episode marks the 104th weekly blog post. That’s officially two years of weekly ranting writing about all things urban pest related...

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Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: Down in the dumps)

Chelle Hartzer

May 31, 20224 min read

Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: Down in the dumps)

We talk a lot about sanitation when it comes to pest control. It is incredibly important to work on sanitation issues because pests (like...

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Roses are Red, Mites are Too (AKA: What should we do?)

Chelle Hartzer

May 24, 20223 min read

Roses are Red, Mites are Too (AKA: What should we do?)

It’s that time of year again when the tiny little red things show up. I’ve been seeing it in facebook posts and in other groups....

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And now for something different (AKA: Science!)

Chelle Hartzer

May 17, 20223 min read

And now for something different (AKA: Science!)

For those of you who are regular readers, this week’s post is a little different. If you are new to this blog, welcome (what took you so...

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What’s That Called? (AKA: Changing names)

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 26, 20223 min read

What’s That Called? (AKA: Changing names)

I remember going out to Kansas for graduate school, the first time I had even been in that part of the country. It was the beginning of...

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A Tail of two Sites (AKA: Flying in the face of danger)

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 19, 20222 min read

A Tail of two Sites (AKA: Flying in the face of danger)

I’m probably going to get some pushback from this, but I don’t like birds. I admit birds of prey like raptors and owls are very...

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3…2…1… (AKA: I’m still a nerd…or is it geek?)

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 12, 20223 min read

3…2…1… (AKA: I’m still a nerd…or is it geek?)

True story: when I was little, I wanted to be a ballet dancing muppet astronaut. Ballet lasted about six months, I still like the...

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Six Degrees of Separation (AKA: EVERYTHING is pest control)

Chelle Hartzer

Apr 5, 20223 min read

Six Degrees of Separation (AKA: EVERYTHING is pest control)

Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. Forget six degrees, I can...

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We don’t talk about Bruno (AKA: see no evil)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 29, 20224 min read

We don’t talk about Bruno (AKA: see no evil)

I’ve posted a couple times on social media about the ongoing saga of the Family Dollar stores and the issues there. If you haven’t heard...

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Welcome to Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 22, 20222 min read

Welcome to Spring (AKA: Pollen season has started)

Some people see the signs of spring as daffodils, trees starting to bud and flower, warmer temperatures, or even the cacophony of birds...

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Chelle Hartzer

Mar 15, 20223 min read

Full of Hot Air (AKA: I am not a fan)

I live in a fairly quiet neighborhood. Most of my neighbors are pretty respectful and there’s a bit of an unwritten rule that you don’t...

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Bring Out Your Dead (AKA: Obsessing on diseases)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 8, 20223 min read

Bring Out Your Dead (AKA: Obsessing on diseases)

Last week I started writing an article for a trade journal on small flies in food processing and wound up talking about all the food...

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A "National Day" for Everything (AKA: I'm making cookies)

Chelle Hartzer

Mar 1, 20224 min read

A "National Day" for Everything (AKA: I'm making cookies)

Apparently, March is National Flour Month. It’s also National Invasive Species Week this week. It only makes sense to feature flour...

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Danger Will Robinson! (AKA: on my soapbox again)

Chelle Hartzer

Feb 22, 20223 min read

Danger Will Robinson! (AKA: on my soapbox again)

This has come up multiple times in the last two weeks from current clients, potential clients, and friends. From clients, it has been a...

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