Three Support Group Locations for MLDSE

Reduce Ticks in your yard

http://naturalawn.com/ 

 
NaturaLawn of Maine came and talked at our support group last night. They have some great natural services to reduce ticks and other insects on your lawn and property perimeter. A huge savings in the long run when you compare the price of lawn care prevention of ticks and testing for Lyme disease. It's worth looking into! Their turn around time from phone call to first treatment is within 7-10 days. And right now we are at peak Tick Populations.
 
http://tickranger.com/

About Tick Ranger®

Ticks carry a potential health hazard that can affect you, your children, and your pets, for the rest of their lives. The Tick Ranger^® Program is the first step you can take in protecting your home environment from these nasty pests. Our approach to tick control is an integrated system with the homeowner that will reduce the potential risk of infection from tick bites. With the Tick Ranger® Program, you will immediately realize a substantial reduction, with our goal of total elimination, in tick populations - we guarantee it.

What You Can Expect From Our Tick Ranger^® Program

• Coverage - The Tick Ranger^® treatment area covers: lawn areas, landscape beds, stone walls, wood piles and 25-feet beyond the perimeter wood line.
   
• Control - We will control ticks currently on your property, as well as ticks that drop from deer and other animals that cross your property!
   
• Convenience - Once our application has been applied and dries you can return to enjoy your property.
   
• Reduction - It offers you peace of mind by drastically reducing the chances of contracting Lyme disease!
   
• Relief - It makes it safer for children and pets to play outside in your yard.
   
• Confidence - Tick Ranger is an environmentally friendly choice with awesome results.  
• Safety - Do you use well water? Not a problem!  

http://naturalawn.com/Lawn-Care-Help/3256/11-Ways-to-Keep-Ticks-Away-From-Your-Yard


You also read about their 11 Tips to keep the ticks away.

11 Ways to Keep Ticks Away From Your Yard

Ticks in your yard can put you and your family at risk for being bitten and possibly contracting Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. To help reduce the chances of tick bites, follow these simple property management practices:

1. Mow your lawn on a regular basis. Ticks like to hide in tall grass and wait for a host to latch on to.
2. Remove leaf debris and keep garden beds clean and dry.
3. Prune shrubs and bushes so they aren’t extending into walk areas where people or pets will brush up against them.
4. Keep ground covers to a minimum, as ticks like to hide there.
5. Avoid shady areas; ticks like the shade because they can’t tolerate heat.
6. Create a natural barrier around your property using gravel or wood chips. These areas will be hot and dry and make navigation difficult for the tick.
7. Keep pets out of wooded areas as much as possible.
8. Try to keep deer out of the yard as they are the preferred host of deer ticks.
9. Grow plants with a strong odor or essential oil such as lavender, lemon balm, or marigolds. Here’s a list of good mosquito repellent plants that also help repel ticks.
10. If you have a wood pile, keep it neat and in a sunny area. Remember, moist wood and share is a tick magnet.
11. Hire a professional applicator such as Tick Ranger^® to apply a natural tick repellent to your property.

If you have other property management tips for keeping ticks out of your yard, share them with us on Facebook today!

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11 Ways to Keep Ticks Away From Your Yard

Ticks in your yard can put you and your family at risk for being bitten and possibly contracting Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. To help reduce the chances of tick bites, follow these simple property management practices:

1. Mow your lawn on a regular basis. Ticks like to hide in tall grass and wait for a host to latch on to.
2. Remove leaf debris and keep garden beds clean and dry.
3. Prune shrubs and bushes so they aren’t extending into walk areas where people or pets will brush up against them.
4. Keep ground covers to a minimum, as ticks like to hide there.
5. Avoid shady areas; ticks like the shade because they can’t tolerate heat.
6. Create a natural barrier around your property using gravel or wood chips. These areas will be hot and dry and make navigation difficult for the tick.
7. Keep pets out of wooded areas as much as possible.
8. Try to keep deer out of the yard as they are the preferred host of deer ticks.
9. Grow plants with a strong odor or essential oil such as lavender, lemon balm, or marigolds. Here’s a list of good mosquito repellent plants that also help repel ticks.
10. If you have a wood pile, keep it neat and in a sunny area. Remember, moist wood and share is a tick magnet.
11. Hire a professional applicator such as Tick Ranger^® to apply a natural tick repellent to your property.

If you have other property management tips for keeping ticks out of your yard, share them with us on Facebook today!

- See more at: http://naturalawn.com/Lawn-Care-Help/3256/11-Ways-to-Keep-Ticks-Away-From-Your-Yard#sthash.lb5v0luo.dpuf

11 Ways to Keep Ticks Away From Your Yard

Ticks in your yard can put you and your family at risk for being bitten and possibly contracting Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. To help reduce the chances of tick bites, follow these simple property management practices:

1. Mow your lawn on a regular basis. Ticks like to hide in tall grass and wait for a host to latch on to.
2. Remove leaf debris and keep garden beds clean and dry.
3. Prune shrubs and bushes so they aren’t extending into walk areas where people or pets will brush up against them.
4. Keep ground covers to a minimum, as ticks like to hide there.
5. Avoid shady areas; ticks like the shade because they can’t tolerate heat.
6. Create a natural barrier around your property using gravel or wood chips. These areas will be hot and dry and make navigation difficult for the tick.
7. Keep pets out of wooded areas as much as possible.
8. Try to keep deer out of the yard as they are the preferred host of deer ticks.
9. Grow plants with a strong odor or essential oil such as lavender, lemon balm, or marigolds. Here’s a list of good mosquito repellent plants that also help repel ticks.
10. If you have a wood pile, keep it neat and in a sunny area. Remember, moist wood and share is a tick magnet.
11. Hire a professional applicator such as Tick Ranger^® to apply a natural tick repellent to your property.

If you have other property management tips for keeping ticks out of your yard, share them with us on Facebook today!

- See more at: http://naturalawn.com/Lawn-Care-Help/3256/11-Ways-to-Keep-Ticks-Away-From-Your-Yard#sthash.lb5v0luo.dpuf

11 Ways to Keep Ticks Away From Your Yard

Ticks in your yard can put you and your family at risk for being bitten and possibly contracting Lyme Disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. To help reduce the chances of tick bites, follow these simple property management practices:

1. Mow your lawn on a regular basis. Ticks like to hide in tall grass and wait for a host to latch on to.
2. Remove leaf debris and keep garden beds clean and dry.
3. Prune shrubs and bushes so they aren’t extending into walk areas where people or pets will brush up against them.
4. Keep ground covers to a minimum, as ticks like to hide there.
5. Avoid shady areas; ticks like the shade because they can’t tolerate heat.
6. Create a natural barrier around your property using gravel or wood chips. These areas will be hot and dry and make navigation difficult for the tick.
7. Keep pets out of wooded areas as much as possible.
8. Try to keep deer out of the yard as they are the preferred host of deer ticks.
9. Grow plants with a strong odor or essential oil such as lavender, lemon balm, or marigolds. Here’s a list of good mosquito repellent plants that also help repel ticks.
10. If you have a wood pile, keep it neat and in a sunny area. Remember, moist wood and share is a tick magnet.
11. Hire a professional applicator such as Tick Ranger^® to apply a natural tick repellent to your property.

If you have other property management tips for keeping ticks out of your yard, share them with us on Facebook today!

- See more at: http://naturalawn.com/Lawn-Care-Help/3256/11-Ways-to-Keep-Ticks-Away-From-Your-Yard#sthash.lb5v0luo.dpuf

Rockport Meeting July

 

Leslie Abrons, LCSW, ILADS-trained and Lyme Literate counselor addresses the neuro-manifestations of Lyme Disease when doctors are always telling us it's in our heads and and try to refer us off to a counselor. She shares with us that we are NOT crazy and explains the role that Lyme Disease and co-infections play in our brains.

If you missed her at our Wiscasset meeting, please join us in Rockport!