A yard full of ticks can turn spending time outside with your pets, friends, and family into a health risk. These pests can carry a full range of harmful diseases, and they’re often difficult to remove once they’ve latched onto your skin. But because of how invasive and resilient ticks can be, a comprehensive approach is crucial for keeping them at bay. To help you decide whether you should take these pests on alone or work with our tick control service in the New Hope, PA, area, we’ll look at some of the differences between these options below.
There are several steps you can take on your own to fight ticks. Let’s take a closer look at a few of these steps and how they compare to the professional alternative:
DIY Tick Control Options
1. Landscaping
One way you can make your yard less attractive to ticks and prevent their numbers from growing out of control is by making certain landscaping changes. Establishing a barrier around your yard with mulch or wood chips can help you prevent infestations, and removing dense greenery like hedges and shrubs can help you reduce potential hiding spots. However, making some landscaping changes can be time-consuming and expensive, and the protection it provides isn’t always proportional to the cost.
2. Yard Maintenance
Taking a few simple yard maintenance steps can also help reduce tick activity in your yard. Mowing tall grass and cleaning up leaf litter can remove hiding places for ticks. However, these general lawn maintenance steps are more for prevention and don’t address tick infestations directly.
3. Applying Pesticides on Your Own
Fighting ticks directly with pesticides is something you can do on your own, but caution is required. Incorrectly using pesticides on your yard or using the wrong products can damage your yard or even create an unsafe environment. If you’re going to use pesticides in your yard on your own, make sure to do the proper research beforehand.
The Professional Alternative
To quickly, safely, and effectively fight ticks, call in the pros. At Mosquito Hunters™, we utilize proven treatment programs and advanced products to bring you protection you can depend on season after season.
We offer professional tick control to our neighbors in these areas:
For tick control in New Hope, contact us today!
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