3 ms·
we make Permethrin 'tick tubes' for our yard. In a nutshell, it's bedding for mice laced with permethrin. Ticks attach to the mice during the mice breeding cy
by radiorental 9y ago
we make Permethrin 'tick tubes' for our yard. In a nutshell, it's bedding for mice laced with permethrin. Ticks attach to the mice during the mice breeding cycles in March and July here in New England.
https://organicdailypost.com/make-tick-tubes/ https://organicdailypost.com/make-tick-tubes/
I'm out in the yard a lot, I pull ticks off daily. I fortunately never have had Lymes but I noted (anecdotally) that the tick population has exploded in the last 10 years with the milder winters.
It's concerning. Probably going to get a flock of guinea hens this year.
- abakker 9y agoGet your whole yard sprayed, too. It does make a difference if you do it a few times. As other commenters here, and I, can attest, it just isn't worth getting a bite. Lyme is awful.
- stinos 9y agoGet your whole yard sprayed, too Problem with this is Permethrin is quite a broad-spectrum insecticide and won't kill just ticks but also a lot of other insects (which take care of e.g. pollination and in turn are food for others, etc, the usual picture) and is also not exactly friendly for aquatic life. Also mammals are not completely out of the danger zone, depending on dose. And longer term effects are as far as I know simply unknown. So it needs at least some careful consideration in my opinion.
- radiorental 9y agoI keep bees, so that ain't happening.
- bjelkeman-again 9y agoBe aware that Permethrin is highly toxic to fish and aquatic species. So if your property is anywhere near a stream or a lake, don't do this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin#Safety https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin#Safety
- petre 9y agoFirst of all, keep the grass short. The hens are useful, so is a cat to keep rodents away.
- NoGravitas 9y agoOur neighborhood has quite a healthy population of opossums, which are well-known tick-eaters.
- parfe 9y agoPermethrin poisons cats.
- subpixel 9y agoCats kill birds; pets should not be roaming around like wild animals.
- petre 9y agoBirds also carry ticks, they're another important reservoir host after mice. https://www.citylab.com/environment/2015/02/suburban-birds-are-reservoirs-for-lyme-disease-bacteria/386009/ https://www.citylab.com/environment/2015/02/suburban-birds-a...