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Protecting Your Garden

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Vegetable Garden. This is a vegetable garden from Old World Wisconsin. Lots of cabbage, Swiss Chard Kale, Broccoli, etc royalty free stock photo

It’s time for those summer gardens!

It’s that time of year for most of us. The garden can be very enjoyable and rewarding. Getting our hands in the dirt, watching our plants grow to maturity, and finally the harvest. Unfortunately sometimes our neighborhood wildlife agrees as well. So how can we stop pests from destroying our gardens?

  1. Fence the garden if you are able to. Even some string on a few posts can create a space for the garden. But fences do not usually keep pests out completely. But it’s a start.
  2. Sprinkle Nature’s Defense granules, or spray the Nature’s Defense Liquid around your garden. Start with 2 to 3 times a week to establish that animals are not welcome. The natural repellents in the our proprietary mixture can help deter deer, elk, rodents, and more. The best part is, that no one gets hurt. You and your kids can play and walk around without any concern. Your pets are also safe and may also stay away from the garden, Bonus. The pests will not be harmed either. They should just stay away from the treated area. You may need to continue treatment through out the summer depending on your pest.
  3. Enjoy all the fruits of your labor.

Spring Is Coming

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He Wants Your Carrots

Nature’s Defense is an all natural and humane way to protect your outside from getting destroyed by all of the most common problems in North America. Rabbits will eat your gardens and flowers. Snakes…well that’s a definite on not wanting near our homes. What about those digging animals that ruin our lawns? Yes we can help with that too. Start planning your game for the summer and make this summer better then ever for your plants and landscape.

Protect Your Toys, It’s time to Winterize!

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As August winds down, we have our autumn checklists right around the corner.  As kids are going back to school, vacation season is ending, you’re starting to think about raking and mulching leaves, closing your pool and finally that brings us to your toys.  Maybe it’s your RV, maybe it’s your cabin, maybe it’s your boat or jetski. Regardless, be sure to protect it properly when winterizing.

 

3 Things to consider when winterizing your favorite toys this year.

Damage = $$

Thinking about that spring trip with the RV or that trip up to the cabin?  Well, if you don’t protect your rig against rodents, your vacation budget might be sizably smaller.  A rodent nesting in your RV may chew through wires or fuel tubes.  When you go to winterize your toy, you might not be getting it back in the same shape.  And that can be expensive.

Choose your insurance wisely

It may be difficult to consider the logistics of winterizing your RV when you’re in the moment of purchasing.  However, we insist that you choose wisely when considering insurance companies and policies.  Consider the threats that your purchase may face during the winter months.  Comprehensive coverage is an optional coverage on an RV insurance policy.

Secure points of entry

Make sure your cover is tightly secured in your boat.  Close your chimney in your cabin.  Cover all ports on your RV.  Absolutely vital to consider all points of entry to properly complete the winterization process.
Nature’s Defense has you covered with an Animal and Rodent repellent that is university tested, safe in the presence of pets and children, and most importantly, affordable.  We will save you money in the long run.  Learn more at www.natures-defense.com.

Raining Rats in a Popular Food Chain in Texas?

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Raining Rats in a Popular Food Chain in Texas?

Recently, a popular food chain that we all know had quite a situation on their hands.  During hours of operation, rodents were filmed scurrying about the restaurant.  A true nightmare for any business — let alone one in the food industry with customers present holding their camera phones with immediate access to social media.  This is the climate in which we live and operate our businesses.  It is a climate where cleanliness reigns supreme and where green solutions are of the highest importance.  Nature’s Defense is emerging as a serious player in the rodent control world.  Providing a green and organic solution, Nature’s Defense is ideal for repelling rodents particularly in situations surrounding the restaurant field. Look into Nature’s Defense to keep rodents out permanently.

 

This restaurant location had 3 years of food inspection success

This specific location had an impeccable cleanliness record, according to the newspaper, yet one incident could be disastrous. Consumers implicitly place a great deal of trust when entering your business.   Any lapse or breakdown can lead to a loss in customer trust and push them to go elsewhere.  According to an article from Business Insider, 43% of customers for this restaurant are repeat visitors — quite a large percentage.  An even larger percentage is the 57% of their customers visit a little less frequently.  That creates a very delicate situation in terms of upsetting consumer trust.  More than half of its customers are theoretically more temperamental in terms of giving their business to this restaurant.  It could take one incident such as this, and 57% of your business may choose other options.

 

Pest control professionals found a crack in the foundation

Below is a checklist for diagnosing potential points of access or rodent habitat that may be near your business. Look into Nature’s Defense to keep rodents out permanently.  Nature’s Defense Rodent Repellent is fundamentally different than poisons or traps. Stay ahead of the problem with Nature’s Defense by doing the following:

 

  • Repair gaps and/or cracks on the outside of your business
  • Remove any debris, garbage, vegetation from around the exterior of your business
  • Locate interior problem areas and use Nature’s Defense Rodent Repellent packets to drive rodents out
  • Apply Nature’s Defense loose granules around the exterior of your business to keep rodents out

Learn more about Nature’s defense at www.natures-defense.com.  Learn more about what the Weiser Group, LLC has to offer at www.weiseroutdoorgroup.com.

Do I have a rodent problem? Tips for finding out

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Did you know that a female mouse is able to reproduce a litter up to 6 approximately once a month?  That can’t be true, can it?!  Rodent control costs North Americans around $1 billion per year.  They’re unsightly, cause damage and pose threats to our homes, pets, and children. Getting rid of them is a process.  Poisoning, as we know, has downsides and puts your family at risk.  Time magazine says, “even mice can chew through crucial elements of your home, like electrical wires… time can mean serious money.” (1) Consider repellents as the alternative, but first, here are a few tips for diagnosing your problem.

#1 Locate areas of potential entry around the outside of your home or business

These can include

  • Cracks in your foundation
  • Gaps or openings near gas hookups
  • Gaps or openings near electrical boxes
  • Garage door units, especially with unpaved drive ways
  • Gaps in siding
  • Dryer vents
  • Air Units

#2 Locate potential rodent habitat near the exterior of your home or business

These can include:

  • Stacks of firewood up against the exterior of the building
  • Trash cans near the house
  • Dog houses/food bowls
  • Unkempt vegetation up against exterior of the building

#3 Locate possible signs inside the home

These can include

  • Presence of mice/rat droppings or urine
  • Torn tissues/paper towels or other nesting materials in drawers or small enclosures
  • Chewed holes in walls
  • Chewed holes in screens in doors or windows
  • Scratch/gnaw marks

All of these are signs of infestations. Look into Nature’s Defense to keep rodents out permanently.  Nature’s Defense Rodent Repellent is fundamentally different than poisons or traps. Stay ahead of the problem with Nature’s Defense by doing the following:

  1. Repair gaps and/or cracks on the outside of your home
  2. Remove any debris, garbage, vegetation from around the exterior of your home
  3. Locate interior problem areas and use Nature’s Defense Rodent Repellent packets to drive them out permanently
  4. Apply Nature’s Defense loose granules around the exterior home to keep them out permanently

 

Learn more about Nature’s defense at www.natures-defense.com.  Learn more about what the Weiser Group, LLC has to offer at www.weiseroutdoorgroup.com.

 

(1) http://time.com/money/3979311/rats-roaches-mice-us/

Rat Poison: Why? How? What to do?

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Rat poisons are a topic of debate.  From dead owls in British Columbia, to the death of a beloved Great Dane in Texas, to home flippers in South Carolina with mysterious nosebleeds, to a mother bobcat dying on the UC Santa Barbara Campus, the unintended consequences of rodenticides are presenting in an ugly way and it’s affecting non-targeted wildlife. There is now a powerful alternative presented by the Weiser Group in the form of Nature’s Defense.  We sit down with accomplished wildlife biologist, Nathan Troyan, to discuss.

Fragmented Forests

In most suburban and rural areas where real estate is growing, forests and forest corridors are being interrupted.  

“These are called fragmented forests,” Troyan explains. “With the ever-growing expansion of man-made expenditures into rural areas, fragmented forests are disturbing habitats.  As it pertains to rodents, fragmentation reduces cover from predators. This causes mice, rats, and other rodents to find shelter and food elsewhere.  They are pushed right into the modern world – i.e. your home, garage, camper, boat, etc.”

Rodents in the modern world? Enter stage left: Rat poison.  Nestled in the cabinet underneath your sink, leaving household pets and children alike exposed.

Unintended Consequences for the Environment

“Beginning with the regulations surrounding DDT in the mid 19th century, the realization of the unintended consequences of industrialization has been a constantly evolving topic in the United States.  DDT entered the watershed and it began to bioaccumulate in fish. Populations of secondary predators or carnivores, such as Osprey, had taken a huge hit by consuming fish who had consumed DDT.  This lead to the Osprey laying their eggs with weakened egg shells.  The populations of many birds of prey took a serious hit,” Troyan continues.  

This demonstrates the havoc that can be wrought by using poisons in the environment. Rat poisons are bringing this issue to light as the poisons are once again being recycled up the food chain.  Among those affected are not just birds as with DDT.  Domestic pets, wildlife and even children are seeing increases in tumors, birth defects as well as mortality rates as a result of the poisons. (1)  When the herbivores consume rat poison, the effect is felt up the ladder in the graphic to the left.  We are left with animals toxic levels of poison that are then consumed by the carnivorous predators.  The ecosystem is severely negatively impacted.

A study of 130 dead birds conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada revealed that “virtually 100%” of owls and majority of hawks had evidence of the anticoagulant rodenticide.  As the second generation of these rodenticides are becoming widespread, science is finding that they are even more susceptible to bioaccumulation than its predecessor. (2) the Canadian government is taking notice and pushing to ban the rodenticides in some capacities. A study in California, spurred by several infected deceased bobcats, revealed that “about 73 percent of 492 wild animals tested in California” had second-generation anticoagulants present in their bodies.  The wild animals tested included larger predators such as Mountain lion on down to the endangered San Joaquin kit foxes.(3)

A solution

Mark Weiser is the founder of the Weiser Group, LLC.  Weiser’s Nature’s Defense Mouse & Rat Repellent is fundamentally different from the rat poison options on the market. Weiser notes that there are 3 logistical issues that stem from the use of rat poisoning.

  1. Poison used in the home exposes children and pets to the dangers of poisoning
  2. Infected animals may expire in a hard to reach area, often times, causing a second call for an extermination service
  3. The infected animal may expire outside, and will introduce the poisons into the ecosystem

These three reasons led Weiser to develop his products.  A key difference between repellents and the attracting qualities of rat poisoning is just that.  Weiser’s repellents are designed to keep the rodents away all together rather than to bring them in at all.

If you are using poisons to treat a rodent issues, we highly recommend that you consult and do so through an authority or professional.  But to do-it-yourself while being safer, more effective, and considerate of the environment, Nature’s Defense Mouse and Rat repellent is recommended.

 

Learn more about Nature’s defense at www.natures-defense.com.  Learn more about what the Weiser Group, LLC has to offer at www.weiseroutdoorgroup.com.

  1. http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/ddtgen.pdf
  2. http://www.nature.com/news/killing-rats-is-killing-birds-1.11824
  3. http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/01/17/rat-poison-killing-bobcats-and-other-wildlife/