{"id":2469,"date":"2021-08-20T01:04:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickapp.us\/?page_id=2469"},"modified":"2021-08-30T23:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:57:55","slug":"in-the-backyard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickapp.us\/?page_id=2469","title":{"rendered":"In the Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are several things you can do in your backyard: treat with insecticide, change the layout of the yard, and manage the landscape. You should try to create a tick-safe zone.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Tick-safe zones<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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In the tick-safe zone you try to make your yard inhospitable to ticks. If you need a target focus on the areas that are most frequently used by you and your household members (pets included).<\/span><\/p>\n

\ufeffTicks likely enter your yard with rodents, deer and other critters. Ticks thrive in shady, humid places, but can move to dryer and even sunny areas when they are looking for a blood meal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus you want to limit moist spaces (for example: leaf litter piles, stacks of firewood) and keep your lawn mowed short.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Landscaping against ticks<\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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