Drawing the lines in the Tick and Lyme disease battle
Deer tick that carry the bacteria Borrelia Burgdorferi can infect people with Lyme disease. Most, but not all, people will develop a bull’s-eye rash. Fever, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches can follow. Untreated, the infection can cause facial paralysis, heart palpitations, dizziness, other rashes, memory issues, and arthritis in large joints.
Life cycle of deer tick
A tick needs a blood meal to progress through each stage of its two-year life.
First year of the tick
May -June Adult females lay eggs and die.
July – Oct Larvae hatch and seek a blood meal, typically on a small rodent or bird. Larvae are born disease free and acquire pathogens from an infected host.
Oct – April Larvae molt into nymphs, stay dormant over winter.
Females typically lay 2,000-3,000 eggs in a leaf litter.
Second year of the tick
May – Sept Nymphs become active and try to grab hold of a passing person or animal. Ticks can detect hosts through odors, body heat, moisture, vibrations, and visual cues.When infected nymphs feed, bacteria can migrate from tick to host; in most cases the tick must be attached for at least 36 hours to transmit pathogens. After feeding, nymphs drop off and molt into adults.
Sept – Dec Females seek to feed once more before mating.
Jan – Feb Adults remain active all winter on warm days.
Mar.-April Adults that did not feed in the fall continue to seek a host.
FIRST BLOOD MEAL
White-footed mice often carry the Lyme bacteria.
SECOND BLOOD MEAL
Infected nymphs pass pathogens to humans.
THIRD BLOOD MEAL
A deer can carry a tick for miles.
SOURCES: TickEncounter.org, Kirby Stafford III, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and special thanks to DAVID BUTLER from the BOSTON GLOBE STAFF for posting this article.
Transcribed from The Boston Globe article found here
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Jamal S
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
I have been with Terminix and other competitors. Noon seems to really care about their customer and worked with me to customize a program to suit my needs. Needless to say, Noon has provided my home with a safe pest free environment for my pup and wife to be comfortable. I will be sticking with them for 2013 hoping for the same results and customer care.
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I have seen my lawn really come back to life this season. I can’t believe how green it is now!
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They did a graet job, I would reccomend them.
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My lawn had a lot of major issues, three types of weeds, poor Ph, bare spots, became stressed very easily.
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professional – very impressed from initial conversation to service start. need to wait a few months ot see the initial results, but to-date happy with their service, knowledge, and responsiveness.
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I am a three year client of Noon Turfcare.
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Nate O
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
I signed on with Noon this summer and have had nothing but a good experience with them. My lawn looked like a war zone and now it is plush and green. We won’t know about the grubs until next year. The only slip up came when I asked them to suspend the last treatment because I am unemployed, they came anyway. While I could have drawn a line in the sand and said I wouldn’t pay, they’ve done such a good job, I accepted splitting the bill. Show me one company that can show a flawless service record. Hell, when I called Chem Lawn earlier in the summer, I got 3 separate quotes for the same property. I don’t think they are in business to piss people off, and I think they make more money by servicing customers the right way and working to resolve problems. I will refer them to everybody in my development and let them see for themselves.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
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I just had a great experience with Noon Turf Care. This is my third season with them but I never really needed them more than I did two weeks ago! My daughter is having her baby shower today at our home. I was so busy working and travelling that I forgot to seed a lot of the bare areas around the property the past couple of weeks. Needless to say my wife was not very happy with me. I was in Kansas two weeks ago on business and I called Noon in between meetings to see if they could come over and seed for me and I told the salesman how desperate I was and how my marriage was on the line. The following day a Noon Seeding crew arrived and carefully seeded all of the brown and bare areas in the lawn. I took a walk outside today (two weeks later) and I have a lush newly germinated lawn. The cost was under 400 bucks. I called the office to compliment them and they urged me to share my story anywhere on line! Thanks Noon Turf Care!
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Peter D
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
I would have given Noon Turf Care 5 Stars but no company is perfect. They provided reasonable pricing and delivered on everthing they promised. My lawn is really green for this early in September and it literally has maybe 1 or 2 weeds in it. If there were no weeds they would have gotten 5 stars from me! It sure beats the last company I had that did not deliver on anything! Almost there but I understand weeds tend to pop up from time to time!
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Noon turf Care is a class act lawncare services in mass. I had an emergency on memorial day and they scored major points with me. My boss called Friday night and said a big wig client from fidelity was coming to town for a Tuesday meeting and wanted wanted to join my annual BBQ. I called noon to spray for ticks Mosquitos and bugs they came over saturday just in time and sprayed fast acting fertilizer to green my lawn it looked like Fenway and we had no budge we were up until midnight with my client and closed the deal he didnt get 1 bug bite
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
My lawn was in tough shape from having a large company maintain it for several years. I called Noon Turf Care and they were out the next day to do a property evaluation and set goals for my lawn. They always notified me of any issues with great notes, and my lawn was looking great by the end of the year!
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I have recommended Noon Turf Care to all of my neighbors.The service is outstanding and the technicians are all extremely educated.
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Anthony C
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
I had a great experience with these folks. They are now fertilizing my lawn on a monthly basis. They diagnosed a grub issue I had and treated it the same day. Very friendly and well informed staff too!
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Timothy J
Rated 4 out of 5 stars.
Pricing per app is competitive and they never pressured me on the extras. They also included 2 free Ph tests this year and 2 lawn updates to keep me updated on my lawn’s progress. In the late Summer my Ph was 6.9 so they recommended that I save the money and not lime until they see what my Ph is next Spring. The Ph when they tested this spring was 6.6 so I added a Lime application. Keep up the great job !
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Great service for customers. Nice, personable workers. Great care taken to lawn and always there making suggestions when needed.
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After many years with a Large National company my service and lawn started to deteriorate over time. Noon has provided me with consistant service and follow-up calls to make sure I have been satisfied! They provided me with quick diagnosis of my lawn diseases and course of action to resolve it .They were out in 1-2 days to treat my small amount of crabgrass and followed up with a call to make sure it was dying! That is service!
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Finally there is a professional lawn service that doesn’t just fertilize blindly like those National Chains. From the salesman that scheduled the work to the technician that performed the fertilizing and weed control everyone was so nice and curteous. I even received a phone call mid summer from one of the owners checking in on the lawn. Most importantly, my lawn hasn’t ever looked this good in years!
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Dear Matt and Chris Noon and Co. We just wanted to say thank you for all your thoughtfulness. I’ve been meaning to thank you, for the services in past years as well. It is a pleasure doing business with you, and all of the nice men who work for your company. You always provide excellent service. Thanks again, The Rudolf Family
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Dandelions are one of the most common lawn weeds in Massachusetts. As I walk my dog through my Worcester neighborhood or drive to work and really pay attention to what I see, I see lawns littered with dandelions. Odds are if your neighbor has dandelions, your lawn will be susceptible to its spread. Here is a neat little info-graphic (printer friendly!) that gives you some more information about this popular nuisance. Noon Turf Care’s customized 7-step lawn care service program includes carefully blended organic based fertilizers, pre-emergent crabgrass controls, and broadleaf weed controls to help these folks with their lawns. So hey you, reader… yea.. you… getting more information is easy, just submit a quote right there on the right side.
Deer ticks are aptly named, in a sense; a Northeastern deer can carry over 1,000 of these ticks on its body. But as far as humans are concerned, the ticks might be more relevantly called mouse ticks. That’s because white-footed mice and other small mammals, not deer, are now known by scientists to be major carriers of Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is spreading in the Northeast and the Midwest, and according to the national Centers for Disease Control, the number of annual cases over the past decade has been increasing. However, no one is quite sure why. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers tried to figure out what is driving the proliferation of Lyme disease in human populations by studying populations patterns in animals that interact with ticks. Their study suggests that large predators like coyotes and foxes that aren’t typically associated with Lyme disease transmission may have a big impact on the spread of the disease.
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They’re coming for you again this summer. The grass-punishing Dog Days. The blazing sun and skimpy rain that sap your lawn’s strength and swell your water bills.
Noon has the answer. Our breakthrough Water-Saver Program is a scientific way to beat the heat and drought. Four applications of this university-tested, bio-smart, environmentally-safe formula will turn your sprinkler water into a soil-penetrating miracle. Speeding water and nutrients through the heat-hardened ground directly to the roots.
So you accomplish three things at once: You preserve your lawn’s health. You avoid pollution runoffs. And you save money on water bills!
Contact any one of our licensed lawn consultants for all the details of the remarkable Noon Water-Saver Program.
Over the past week, we have noticed a some reports of Dollar Spot in Massachusetts towns., specifically in towns like Waltham, Leominster, Shrewsbury, and Worcester.
You spend precious time and money making your lawn look perfect, but in a matter of days, lawn pests can undo all your hard work. Common lawn pests like chinch bugs and mole crickets can turn your lush green lawn into a disaster with yellow patches and dead grass. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. If you suspect something is eating away at your grass, try a home test to see if one of the many common lawn pests is infiltrating your yard. A bucket of soapy water poured over a patch of your lawn will irritate the skin of bugs and bring them to the surface. Once you determine the cause, try a treatment plan to get rid of the pests. Of course, if you have a bigger problem on your hands call in the professionals..
Remember to take precautions when using at home pesticides and chemicals. They are often not safe for pets and may irritate a child’s skin, and yours, if contact is made. Always use protective clothing when spraying chemicals. Keep pets and humans away from treated areas for at least 24 hours.
These simple tricks can help keep your lawn healthy and free of pests. Have a recurring problem? For a stress free way of eliminating bugs and keeping them away, call Noon Turf Care and have us routinely check and treat for problems.
Noon Turf Care’s CFO and management team of 12 attended the Green Systems Annual Software conference where she was the keynote speaker. Stephanie Lee tells her inspiring life story where she overcame adversity and many challenges throughout her personal life and professional career to get to where she is today. She explains how she started at Noon Turf Care as an administrative assistant when Noon Turf was a small startup company with only 6 employees and worked her way up to CFO in 5 years where the company now employs over 50 professionals.
Lee was so successful early on at Noon Turf Care that owners Matt and Chris Noon offered to assist her in paying for her undergraduate degree to retain her employment at their company long-term. This past year Lee was named the CFO of the year by the Boston Business Journal.
Lee finished her speech by saying “The advice I can give younger professionals looking to work their way up in a company is as difficulties arise, just remember you’re stronger than you think you are. Never use the setbacks and losses in your life as a crutch.”
Noon Turf Care and its team spent 3 days at the conference attending software training classes, networking and learning new techniques they could apply to further improve their company. Everyone had a great time learning new software updates, team building and enjoying the fantastic Florida weather.
About Noon Turf Care: Noon Turf Care was started in 2001 by brothers Christopher Noon, Seton Hall graduate class of 2000, and Matthew Noon, Boston College graduate class of 2002. It started as a small internet based Lawn Care Company that provides Massachusetts residences and businesses with fertilization services for lawns, trees and shrubs. Noon Turf care is a privately owned company that prides themselves on providing exceptional and personal service in an industry dominated by large national chains. Noon Turf Care services over 6,000 customers and has a team of over 50 lawn and horticulture specialists working for the company.
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Hudson, MA December 18, 2012 — Noon Turf Care Ranks in the Worcester Business Journal as #11 on its annual Top Growth Companies in Central MA, an exclusive ranking of Massachusetts’ top growth private companies in 2012. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—Massachusetts’ independent-minded entrepreneurs.
“We are honored to be listed as one of the WBJ’s Top Growth Companies in 2012. Needless to say, we are all very proud to be part of a growing organization that as a team pursuit the goal of excellence in the service industry. We are very proud of our team for achieving such growth in 2012 and we are grateful to have such a loyal customer base to achieve this recognition.”says Matthew Noon, President of Noon Turf Care.
Chris Noon (left) and Matthew Noon (right) stand in front of their fleet of service vehicles in early 2012.
Noon Turf Care is a privately owned Massachusetts based lawn care company that was founded in 2001 by brothers Christopher and Matthew Noon. Noon Turf Care offers chemical and organic fertilization services for lawns, trees and shrubs for residential and commercial customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Noon prides itself on delivering exceptional customers service and the highest quality products in an industry dominated by large national publicly traded companies. Noon has a staff of over 50 horticultural specialists and is the largest privately owned lawn care company in the state with over 6,000 customers and projected revenues of 5 million dollars in 2012.
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