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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

Sports Fields

A natural turf field with bare spots and weeds with a soccer goal in the background.

Investing in IPM: Putting Seed in the (Seed)bank

The Cornell Turf Show: fastest 30 minutes in turf

chart showing that 14 ticks were found within the woods, 51 along the wood edge, 12 3 meters into the field,1 found 6 m into the field, and 3 on the technician.

Ticks and Schoolyard Edges

a bucket filled with mix of soil and turf seed being poured into a bare area on a lawn

Fertilizer and the Law

yellow flowers with some seed formation

Managing Wild Parsnip

Announcing Updates to the Northeastern IPM School Best Management Practices Website

What we’re pondering

An Update on School IPM

Managing traffic is IPM

Pests and pupils don’t mix

IPM is as broad as our selection of photos. On farms, vineyards, orchards; in schools, nursing homes, playgrounds; in your own home, lawn, or garden—IPM is foundational to sound, careful, economical ways of dealing with pests.