Analyze your property, and how you use it

WWHD

The object of analysis is to help you plan to make areas of your property less hospitable to deer, mice and ticks. It's not necessary that all areas of your property be made tick safe; just the areas you use for activities, and that your children use for play.  Notice how the back yard above is divided into a "tick zone" and a "tick safe zone."  The tick safe zone is for active recreation, flower gardening, the mailbox, driveway, and a shed.  Most of it will be in the sun and will have lawn as a ground cover.

The tick zone is for buffer plantings, plantings for wildlife and perhaps a compost pile. Both zones can co-exist on one property as long as they are separated by a barrier and a migration zone.
 

Read the questions below.  If you can answer "yes" to any one, click on the yes button for more information.

Is your home surrounded by woods?
Is your yard more woods than lawn?
Do the tree branches from the woods extend over the edge of the yard, driveway or walkways? Do you or does your family use areas of your yard that are in or next to the woods?
Are children’s swing sets or play areas located close to the woods?
Is your mailbox next to a wooded area or surrounded by groundcover?
Do you use pachysandra or other groundcovers near your home, walkway or play areas?
Are bird feeders located close to your home or play areas?
Do you have an unkempt stonewall?
Is your firewood pile located adjacent to your home?
Are deer and other wildlife eating your flowers, trees and shrubs?

Find out more about creating tick safe zones. 
Click on the tick to go to the next page.