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It's not enough to touch grass (feddit.de)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

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/

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Watch me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Fighting for equal rights, also for my tick brothers!!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] JasonDJ 1 points 4 months ago

So you put up a fence to keep dogs out? Or to keep mother nature in?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago

Get more native plants. Take rid of dogs. Get chickens.