It’s cold out now, but spring is right around the corner! When the weather warms up, and the sun comes out, so do pests like ticks. For most people, tick control means an outdoor chemical treatment plan. While pesticides can be an effective tick-control mechanism, what many don’t realize is that landscape design itself can also help control ticks by creating a tick-safe zone around your house and play areas.

Ticks that transmit Lyme disease thrive in humid wooded areas. They die quickly in sunny and dry environments and a well designed, tick-safe landscape layout will take advantage of this fact to keep you, and your family safe.

Here are some simple landscaping techniques that you can use to help reduce tick populations.

•        Remove leaf litter and clear tall grasses and brush around homes and at the edges of lawns.

•        Place wood chips or gravel between lawns and wooded areas to restrict tick migration to recreational areas.

•        Mow the lawn and clear brush and leaf litter frequently.

•        Keep the ground under bird feeders clean.

•        Stack wood neatly and in dry areas.

•        Keep playground equipment, decks, and patios away from yard edges and trees.

If you’d like Organically Green to handle the job for you, give us a call today!