Oiconomia@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoIt's not enough to touch grassfeddit.deimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageIt's not enough to touch grassfeddit.deOiconomia@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoIs there a way to have more native plants growing without increasing ticks? I just bought a house and have a couple areas it would be great to not have to maintain, but I have dogs and don’t wanna have to worry about ticks.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoYou’ll have to decide which plants are native to your area, but there are certainly plants that ticks don’t like. https://www.gardeningchannel.com/plants-that-repel-ticks/
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down11·1 year agoWhile ticks are not insects, the whole point is to make the area more liveable for many local animals. I don’t think you can exclude ticks from that. Maybe you can lightly fence off some areas so the dogs don’t go there.
minus-squareLoudWaterHombre@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFighting for equal rights, also for my tick brothers!!!
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoGood thing I didn’t call them insects then. Unfortunately fences won’t stop ticks as they jump and ticks won’t respect the boundary.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo you put up a fence to keep dogs out? Or to keep mother nature in?
minus-squareSkippingRelax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·1 year agoGet more native plants. Take rid of dogs. Get chickens.
Is there a way to have more native plants growing without increasing ticks? I just bought a house and have a couple areas it would be great to not have to maintain, but I have dogs and don’t wanna have to worry about ticks.
You’ll have to decide which plants are native to your area, but there are certainly plants that ticks don’t like.
https://www.gardeningchannel.com/plants-that-repel-ticks/
While ticks are not insects, the whole point is to make the area more liveable for many local animals. I don’t think you can exclude ticks from that.
Maybe you can lightly fence off some areas so the dogs don’t go there.
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Fighting for equal rights, also for my tick brothers!!!
Good thing I didn’t call them insects then. Unfortunately fences won’t stop ticks as they jump and ticks won’t respect the boundary.
So you put up a fence to keep dogs out? Or to keep mother nature in?
Get more native plants. Take rid of dogs. Get chickens.