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Gardening

druidity33

(6,812 posts)

10. Eat raw garlic...

Reply to Best_man23 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 09:27 PM

May 2022

get some guinea hens, mow wide paths through all your tall grasses, tuck your pants into your socks, use Off! spray... that's about all i got. You'll never rid your yard btw, best you can hope for is to keep them off you. Eating raw garlic has always worked best for me... but not necessarily everyone else around me.

Good Luck.

K&R

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DU Gardeners, I'm getting really ticked here and have a question [View all] Best_man23 May 2022 OP

Have you contacted your county extension office? dlk May 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author dlk May 2022 #2

Neem oil. Phoenix61 May 2022 #3

If you can entice some possums to live in or near your yard, they eat ticks! n/t TygrBright May 2022 #4

Actually the possum thing is apparently a myth. n/t PoliticAverse May 2022 #5

But they're cute, so there's that /nt wackadoo wabbit May 2022 #16

I only ever see them as roadkill unfortunately. n/t PoliticAverse May 2022 #17

Started to say opossums. But I guess not. Ocelot II May 2022 #6

Quick search turned this up: usonian May 2022 #7

I have also heard that wearing cat flea collars around your ankles (over your pants) works Ocelot II May 2022 #11

Obnoxious site, but it lists ingredients. usonian May 2022 #12

... Faux pas May 2022 #8

Any chicken is an effective tick-eater. In my experience. WheelWalker May 2022 #14

I Faux pas Jun 2022 #20

chickens mopinko May 2022 #9

They will if you keep them in an area for days on end. Rotate WheelWalker May 2022 #15

Eat raw garlic... druidity33 May 2022 #10

First line of defense... Chickens. WheelWalker May 2022 #13

Cedarcide is fab WhiteTara May 2022 #18

I've spent a lot of time lately in the woods, Bayard May 2022 #19

I live just a few miles from Lyme, Connecticut NutmegYankee Jun 2022 #21