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To: cuban leaf; hanamizu; greeneyes; Eric in the Ozarks

Well, there is was a reason old timers in the Ozarks did a spring burn off of grass and brush on their property, which was to reduce the number of ticks and chiggers.

This lists some lawn spray solutions none of which I have tried:

https://bugspray.com/articles98/chiggers.html

7 natural tick remedies from Farmers Almanac.
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/7-natural-tick-remedies-work-27452

One suggestion was to eat garlic...Ticks do not like how you taste apparently! I have tried it for cooking, but not for ticks. (Let me know!)


71 posted on 10/30/2019 11:32:23 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I love garlic. We also have a TON of wild garlic in our lawn. Maybe if I smear it on...


78 posted on 10/30/2019 12:16:53 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

My Grandpa used to use coal oil around his ankles to keep the chiggers at bay.

I don’t recall what he used for ticks, except if there was one attached, we taped a cotton ball soaked in nail polish remover (acetone based). They turned loose after a short period.

All itchy bug bites got camphophonic applied liberally.


80 posted on 10/30/2019 2:59:16 PM PDT by greeneyes
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