Even though you might choose to discourage various kinds of bugs from taking up residence in your yard, one that needs to be removed from all of lawns is that the tick. These little creatures can carry serious diseases. Discourage ticks from entering your yard and get rid of those that are already there with some precautions and a little maintenance.
Preserve a well-groomed yard, cutting the grass as required to keep it at it’s recommended stature; overgrown grass is a superb place for ticks to live.
Rake off leaves and remove any brush or other debris. Place wood stacks at a dry place at the outer edge of the yard, so that you are not encouraging tick pulling rodents to enter the area.
Rake your old plant bed mulch and dispose of it. Replace the mulch with brand new cedar mulch material. Cedar is a natural repellent of some bugs, such as tonsils. Add 2 inches of cedar mulch to all of your landscaping beds.
Trim back low-hanging branches to allow more light to the yard. Ticks prefer shady locations and are generally concentrated on the market. Adding more lighting reduces the number of ticks which are going to be eager to hang out in your yard.
Spray a tick pesticide to the yard to kill surface ticks that are on your blades of grass. Follow the manufacturer’s directions and coat the whole lawn with the spray. Permit the pesticide to dry as directed. Do this on a sunny day to ensure your hard work isn’t washed off by rain. Spread a granular pesticide to kill ticks that are down under the grass remaining warm during colder weather and young or unhatched ticks. Cast the granular pesticide using a seed spreader following package directions. Whether utilizing cedar or spray, look for an arachnid pesticide containing carbaryl, permethrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin or pyrethrin.