BOG Lawn Care and Pest Control, has served the central Maryland area for over two decades. Locally owned and operated, BOG serves the needs for lawn care, lawn maintenance and pest control. We focus on serving the needs of our customers with custom lawn care, lawn maintenance, and lawn fertilization programs. Our licensed, professional staff is highly trained and will deign a custom program for your home. Our service area includes Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel, Calvert and Prince Georges Counties. We also now service Charles, Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne's counties.

BOG lawn Care has consistently been a leader in an Eco-Friendly approach to lawn care and lawn maintenance. If your needs include pest control, bed weed control for weeds, termite inspections and treatment plans, or tree and shrub plans BOG is ready and capable of defining the problem and delivering a comprehensive lawn care or lawn maintenance program for you.

As members in good standing with PLANET, NPMA, Chesapeake Foundation, the Maryland Turf Grass Council and Pest World we proudly maintain a very high level of service for all of our customers. We are one of a hand-full of companies having attained the status of a Quality Pro Pest Control Company. The National Pest Management Association grants this distinction to fewer than 2% of the pest Control companies in the nation.

Our goal of complete customer satisfaction is underscored by our free service call policy for all of our services. We can meet the needs of your property whether it is lawn care or lawn maintenance, pest control (from ants to termites). Just give us a call or send an e-mail. Our professional staff will contact you usually the same day and will schedule a technician to service your home within 24 hours.

News and tips from BOG

Beware winter is coming to your neighborhood!!!

Some points to consider for your home this winter:

Please, please, please DO NOT STORE FIREWOOD INSIDE OF YOUR HOME!! There is any number of insects in the firewood just waiting for a nice warm environment to live in for the winter. Theses insects include: ants, termites, stink bugs, and hornets to list a few. The insects are usually in or under the bark. Try not to stack firewood next to the house. The best answer, of course, is a wood crib close to the house.

Most winter insects will not have to be sprayed and can be merely vacuumed up. Be on the lookout for ticks, at least until we have several hard freezes. Check the children out every day. Lyme disease is nothing to play with!

Check out the cupboard for meal moths. This is especially true if the meal or flour has been there a long period of time. The problem is often more prevalent with "off brand" products. Just discard the flour, meal, rice or pasta that is infected. Be sure to vacuum thoroughly.

Try to seal all entry points into your home to prevent insects from invading! Pesticides do not store well: check with your county to determine when / you can dispose of pesticides. Freezing weather will generally reduce the effectiveness of pesticides.

If you have a fresh cut Christmas tree be on the lookout for emerging insects. Just vacuum them insects. Many times you will bring spiders in with the tree.

A word about "good bugs"

Ladybugs, often called white waxy ladies:

When the waxy lady bug is in the larvae stage, the larvae will devour several thousand immature scale insects. As an adult lady bug, the bug will eat many other harmful insects. Sometimes we do get a bit carried away and will eliminate beneficial insects along with the harmful insects. Lady bugs are very easy to identify: they are usually black with two red spots n the wing covers. Sometimes there will be yellowish spots or stripes on their backs. I the spring, the waxy bugs will return to devour scale. Wintering over in leaves and beneath bark liter the lady bug will truly help you. Please do not destroy them; there is no danger to your home! We can all remember those winter days when we get several consecutive days of above average temperatures. The warmth of the sun on the house, especially the south west sides of the house, will often cause the waxy lady bug to suddenly appear in incredible numbers.

Again don't worry; there will be no damage to your home. Now an interesting question: just where were those lady bugs? If you want you could take the frames of your doors off on the south west side: guess where the bugs have been living? Good guess: behind the frame!

Tips for care of indoor plants during the winter months

BOG does not provide care for indoor plants but we all have indoor plants to care for. The sin most prevalent problem with house plants is overwatering. Early symptoms include wilting an yellowing of the foliage. Water saturation will kill the roots because of the lack of oxygen in the potting mix caused by the overwatering. Tropical plants kept in low light situations simply do not need as much water as in the summer months. If your indoor pots have saucers or you place your plants into larger urns be sure to always pour off the excess water from the saucer or bottom of the urn.

The potting mix needs to be allowed to dry between watering. To test for the need for water stick your finger into the potting mix. When the mix is dry, water thoroughly and do not water again until you check for dryness. Notice that we keep stating "potting mix". Never use garden soil in your houseplant mix; simply because it does not drain very well and will cause sogginess of the roots as well as promote insect pests and ultimately disease. We have found that homemade mix of equal parts of sand, double shredded mulch (or peat) and perlite make a good potting mix. Of course you can purchase potting mix.

Try, if you have the time, space and materials changing the potting mix periodically. Rememb that a big pot is not always the best thing for the plant. Do not overwater and do not fertilize the winter months. Fertilizing in the winter and mixed with too much water will cause a build of fertilizer and will severely burn the roots.