Author: Daniel Brooks

If those little fuzzy moth-like flies keep showing up around your sink, the fix is not in the air, it is in the pipe. Drain flies breed in the slimy organic film... Read more.

A good fruit fly trap catches the adults buzzing around your kitchen, but it will not end the swarm, because the flies breed in rotting produce and the gunk down... Read more.

If you want to fill a carpenter bee hole and have it stay filled, the one rule that saves you from doing it twice is to make sure the tunnel is empty before you... Read more.

If a carpenter bee is drilling perfect round holes in your deck rail or eaves, the fix is not chemical, it is the wood itself. Carpenter bees bore into bare, weathered,... Read more.

If carpenter bees are drilling into your eaves, deck rail, or fascia, the fix is a two-step job that most people get backwards. First, dust the active tunnel openings... Read more.

If carpenter bees are drilling your eaves or deck rail, the fix that actually lasts is not a poison, it is taking away the bare softwood they need to bore into.... Read more.

If you have carpenter bees drilling into your eaves or deck rail, the fix that actually stops the damage is not a spray you mist around the house, it is an insecticidal... Read more.

If carpenter bees are drilling into your eaves, a trap is a prevention tool, not a cure for tunnels that are already bored. A carpenter bee trap works by mimicking... Read more.

If you want to keep flies away without reaching for a spray, the trick is to stop giving them a reason to be there. The methods that actually work are the unglamorous... Read more.

If flies have taken over your patio, the fix is not a can of spray, it is detective work close to home. Flies on the patio are almost always breeding within a few... Read more.