sammy
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I need advice on preventing tick bites.
My sister's family just moved into a house. The house is right next door to what they call "The Nature Preserve".
"The Nature Preserve" is a crazy man's house that is unmaintained with a wild back yard. It is full of vines and wild trees that are literally falling into their yard.
There is a simple metal fence keeping "The Nature Preserve" from taking over their yard too.
With so many birds, animals, dense foliage and such over there how do I help advise them to keep ticks and other bugs out of their yard?
Please help!!!
I thought maybe a rock garden along the fence might help deter some tick migration.
Is there a yard spray that will kill bugs that they should use?
I think that they should petition to the city that the man is risking their lives by keeping his yard in this manner. They can get west nile from all the old buckets of sitting water... risks of Lyme disease, etc.
My baby niece is just now crawling. She wants to be outside in her backyard!!!
What brings urgency to this post is that my sister got a bug bite and now has a bull's eye rash. So she has to see her primary doc on mon to beg for treatment.
I would appreciate any advice on yard treatment and prevention. Thanks!
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kgg
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I can't believe they bought a house next to the "preserve".. ugh!!
If I'm not mistaken, the rock fence could ATTRACT ticks.
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kgg
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This is from memory so it may be incomplete.
They want a 3 foot perimeter around the yard separating the wooded area from the lawn. It can be of gravel or mulch. Supposedly ticks don't like it because it is drier than the grass so they are not as apt to cross it. Ticks prefer moist areas.
Avoid rock walls. If they feed the birds, do not have the feeder near the house or the swing set. As they can travel on the birds and the bird feed seeds attract mice that also carry ticks.
Keep the lawn mowed short.
That is all I can think of for now, but I am sure there is more.
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