Entries Tagged as 'Ticks'

Friday, June 26th, 2015

15 Steps to Tick-Proof your Property

I just heard that a friend was bitten by a tick that she found embedded in her skin and she found the tell tale bull’s eye mark in the area. She fears that she may have Lyme disease and is being treated with antibiotics.  She was lucky because she found both the tiny tick and […]

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Pesticides for Ticks

Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis) female, dorsal view by Michael Bok TheGardenLady would love to have a party in my back yard. But my back yard is not typical or usual in that it is across from a stream in a wooded area. This area is lovely, but I fear insects, especially Lyme ticks, that might […]