4.23.2007

more ticks! - 04/23

While we were outside this evening, Ruthie came running up to the deck with a "spider" on her leg. ICK! Josh got rid of it and killed it.
Worst part is that she wasn't even in the long grass, just playing on the swing set. Though, the set was near to the grass, so Josh moved it into the middle of the yard. Hopefully that will do for a while, until we get things figured out.
Then when I brought Zech in for a bath he was whining about his back hurting and there was a darn tick crawling around on him, too. YUCK!
I REALLY HATE THOSE THINGS. HATE them.
Josh and Rick (our neighbour) are looking in to burning off the long grass there, and we're going to talk to my friend's father about getting a few guinea hens to help with the ticks. By the sounds of things, to actually keep the hens, not just buy them to fly away, we'll need to get young ones and raise and feed them a bit.
Definitely worth it, though, to get rid of the ticks!

1 comment:

  1. I hate ticks too!! That said keeping the grass super short helps! We are excited about leaving here in a few days. Will call when we know better exactly when we will be in the area.

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