There’s a long list of pests that can infiltrate your outdoor spaces and take up residence in your grass and other plants. Among all these pests, ticks can be some of the most dangerous. These invasive critters can carry diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, making keeping their populations under control a crucial part of overall lawn maintenance. With our comprehensive approach to tick control, we protect lawns spanning the entire Hockessin, DE area from these pests.
Easy Tick Control Tips for a Safer Lawn
Professional intervention is necessary to deal with active tick invasions and to keep your yard protected from these pests over time, but there are several steps you can take yourself to discourage infestations. Here’s a quick look at some of these steps and hey they can contribute to lower tick populations in the long run:
Eliminate Mouse Habitats
When mice get into your outdoor spaces, they can bring a long list of problems with them. One of these problems is the tick populations they can bring with them. Mice gravitate towards cluttered areas covered in rocks, sticks, leaves, and other debris. Cleaning up this clutter discourages mice from coming onto your property in the first place, reducing tick populations in the process.
Regularly Mow Your Grass
Mowing your grass to a healthy length is an easy way to prevent tick infestations. These pests take shelter in shaded, damp areas, and cutting your grass prevents it from growing long enough to provide the kind of environment that ticks look for when searching for breeding grounds.
Create a Tick Barrier
If your yard is surrounded by tall grass or a wooded area, creating a barrier between them is essential for keeping ticks out of your yard. Establishing a barrier made up of wood chips or long strips of tree bark can be an effective way to deter ticks from crossing over into your yard.
Our Hassle-Free Tick Control for Hockessin Residents
Working with our team at Lawn Doctor of Wilmington means choosing hassle-free results. We’ll create a custom-tailored tick control program to keep your yard protected. We can apply our treatments whether you’re at home or not. This proven approach brings you dependable results while also saving you time.
We offer our convenient and effective tick control to our neighbors in these areas:
- Hockessin
- Wilmington
- Newport
- Chadds Ford
- Kennett Square
- Elsmere
- And throughout the surrounding communities
To get started with our tick control in Hockessin, contact us today!
