[Ellendra]

There are nematodes that will attack and eat ticks, along with a long list of other bugs. I just found out about them recently, so haven’t tested them yet, but I bought a package and have it ready for when I get my garden sprayer out.

This is the one I bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086683PNS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are other brands out there. The important part is that it contains Heterohabditis bacteriophora and Steinernema feltiae.

According to the article that pointed me toward them, these nematodes kill a tick within 48 hours of infecting it. But they don’t harm plants or animals, and supposedly most beneficial bugs are safe too. And because the nematodes are living things, they’ll reproduce as long as there’s enough food to sustain them.

I’m REALLY hoping these things live up to the hype!

[metmom]

I have heard of that stuff!

Thanks for the reminder and link.

I would prefer something like that.

And they will not run out of food here.