How to Create Tick Safe Zones

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How can I help reduce ticks on my property?

• Keep your lawn mowed regularly and trim all shrubs to reduce habitat where rodents concentrate.
• Remove brush and wood piles from the property
• Move bird feeders away from the house
• Trim up trees and brush to allow more sunlight into the property
• Avoid landscape plants that deer like to eat
• Seal up stone walls and small openings around your home to keep mice and chipmunks away
• Create a 3’ border of wood chips or crushed stone between the lawn and the woods
• Trim up all brushy areas and remove trimmings off site

Where do ticks live and where do you treat for them?

• The first 10' border of grass that meets the woods line
• 15' to 20' into the woods
• Tall grass and weeds
• Low brush (ticks are usually found up to 36")
• Ornamental ground cover
• Landscape beds
• Areas immediately around stone walls, porches and sheds
• Leaf litter
• Brush piles and areas around wood piles