Step outside for ten minutes and come back in to strip down and check everywhere. Find one on the dog. Find one on the kid. Find one in the bed with no idea where it came from. That low-grade dread of just walking out the back door — it’s exhausting, and it shouldn’t be the price of living on land you love.
There’s a better way to handle this.
Brush clearing, leaf litter removal, and wood-chip or gravel barriers along the wood line hit ticks where they actually live — that transition zone between yard and woods is where most of them are waiting.
Ticks need a ride to get to you. Reducing what draws deer, mice, and rabbits close to the house — brush piles, dense groundcover, easy food — breaks the cycle before it starts.
Licensed acaricide application to the specific hot spots where ticks concentrate — not your lawn, not your garden, not near the water. Treatment is based on what your property actually calls for, not a preset package.
It starts with a walk of your property. Every property is different — wood edges, brush piles, stone walls, drainage runs, shaded low spots. You get a plain-language read on what’s there, what’s driving the problem, and what’s actually worth treating. Your garden, your pollinator beds, and your water stay out of it entirely.
No scare tactics. No selling you treatment you don’t need. Same straight-numbers approach as everything else here.
Mosquito control services are in development. Get in touch if this is something you need — I’ll let you know when it’s ready.
Get in TouchFastest way is a phone call or text — I’ll usually answer, and if I can’t I’ll call back the same day. If you’d rather type it out, the form works too and it’ll land in my inbox.