Re: Tick season
I'll trade even up...your ticks for our blackflies....
Hmmm..... two for one??
A few months ago the wife and I took the dogs up to KY for a week and, between the dogs and both of us, pulled off about 70-80 ticks. It was absurd. We had them in places I wish to forget and had marks from them for over a month. The dogs kept giving us looks of "make it stop" for a good week.
I have no idea what to do to remove them from an area you use often, as you just can't live like that on a regular basis.
We do.
We live on 4 1/2 acres of mostly woods. Went out last night and mowed
tall grass around a pond. Doused myself in Deep Woods Off first. After, you
HAVE to take a shower and do a tick check. It's not fun but we love where
we live.
Right now is the worst time, we have the little tiny ones, about as big as
the head of a pin. They are the worst but they are only around in the spring.
Then we just deal with the big ones for the rest of the summer.
At least you can
usually see or feel the bigger ones before it's too late.
Go ahead and laugh, but if I'm going to spend a day clearing brush, weed eating, etc.
I wear panty hose. Learned this from an old farmer, it works but they are kind of brutal
on a 90 deg. day.
Panty hose tip: Have your wife or girlfriend buy them for you, to avoid the look I got from
the checkout lady at the grocery store, the first time I tried
this.
