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Gardening

WhiteTara

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18. Cedarcide is fab

Reply to Best_man23 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 10:24 PM

May 2022

it's made of cedar oil and is an incredible repellent. I am using the lemon grass scent, but found that it has the dreaded laurels, but i spray it on my clothes.

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DU Gardeners, I'm getting really ticked here and have a question [View all] Best_man23 May 2022 OP

Have you contacted your county extension office? dlk May 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author dlk May 2022 #2

Neem oil. Phoenix61 May 2022 #3

If you can entice some possums to live in or near your yard, they eat ticks! n/t TygrBright May 2022 #4

Actually the possum thing is apparently a myth. n/t PoliticAverse May 2022 #5

But they're cute, so there's that /nt wackadoo wabbit May 2022 #16

I only ever see them as roadkill unfortunately. n/t PoliticAverse May 2022 #17

Started to say opossums. But I guess not. Ocelot II May 2022 #6

Quick search turned this up: usonian May 2022 #7

I have also heard that wearing cat flea collars around your ankles (over your pants) works Ocelot II May 2022 #11

Obnoxious site, but it lists ingredients. usonian May 2022 #12

... Faux pas May 2022 #8

Any chicken is an effective tick-eater. In my experience. WheelWalker May 2022 #14

I Faux pas Jun 2022 #20

chickens mopinko May 2022 #9

They will if you keep them in an area for days on end. Rotate WheelWalker May 2022 #15

Eat raw garlic... druidity33 May 2022 #10

First line of defense... Chickens. WheelWalker May 2022 #13

Cedarcide is fab WhiteTara May 2022 #18

I've spent a lot of time lately in the woods, Bayard May 2022 #19

I live just a few miles from Lyme, Connecticut NutmegYankee Jun 2022 #21