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5 Travel Tips for Avoiding Bedbugs

5 Travel Tips for Avoiding Bedbugs

It’s 97 degrees outside today in Corvallis Oregon. With the Covid threat, many of us have been cooped up and isolated for the last two years, slowly going mad and pining for the carefree days of yore. Days full of hugs and handshakes, pickup basketball games, and...

Neighborhood Watch: Protecting Our State from Invasive Species

Neighborhood Watch: Protecting Our State from Invasive Species

Native to Asia, EAB was first identified in the US in 2002. It has since spread to 36 states and in June was found in Forest Grove, Oregon. Less than ½ inch long and metallic green, the adult EAB lays its eggs under the bark of the ash tree where the larvae go to work, feeding on the cambium area of the tree, damaging the xylem, and cutting off nutrients from getting to the canopy of the tree. This causes the canopy to start dying (crown dieback) in the top third of the tree. The tree will eventually succumb to starvation in 3-5 years.

Top 6 Favorite Spiders in the Willamette Valley

Top 6 Favorite Spiders in the Willamette Valley

From ancient mythology to modern pop culture. From horror films to Halloween décor. Few things can creep people out as much as the spider. Arachnophobia usually comes up on any google search top ten lists of most common phobias including #1 on Betterhelp.com. They say...

Velvety Tree Ants – They’re anything but soft

Here in the pacific northwest, we’re no stranger to ants. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say “They built my house on an anthill” I’d have, well, like 50 bucks. That’s enough for Burgerville for me and bae, including marionberry shakes and some Walla...

Sugar Ants: Oregon’s #1 Pest!

Sugar Ants: Oregon’s #1 Pest!

Sugar ant, grease ant, vinegar ant, people have all sorts of names for little black ants. They invade your kitchens and infiltrate your bathrooms. They even infest your pantries! Every region has its problem with ants but if you are in Oregon and have ants in your...

COVID-19: Gift Card Giveaway

Our local communities are being impacted greatly by this Coronavirus pandemic and at Good Earth, we decided to try and help. Many businesses are being asked to close their doors and thousands are losing their jobs locally. This is our plan to help ease the burden on...

Good Earth Dream Program

Good Earth Dream Program

Dreams, we all have them. In our youth, they are easy to define, and everything seems attainable. People around you, along with most of the world, tell you to “reach for the stars” or “follow your dreams.” As we get older, this encouragement slows down and the voices...

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