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Tick Information
Ticks & Your Health
5 Most Common Ticks of Michigan
Tick Encounter Resource Center
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Don't invite ticks on your property
or in your home!
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Ticks are blood sucking parasites that spread diseases to humans, pets and livestock.
Ticks carry these dangerous diseases;
Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan encephalitis, Tularemia, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis,
and Ehrlichia muris.
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Ticks are on the rise in Michigan with cases of tick-borne Lyme disease up 500 percent.
Powassan is a viral disease with most cases occurring in the Northeast and Great Lakes
region. Powassan causes long-term neurologic problems and has no treatment. It attacks
the nervous system and infects the brain causing encephalitis and meningitis.
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Limiting exposure to ticks is the best and most practical defense against contracting a tick
related disease. Pesticides and repellants are temporary and do not address the reasons
you have a tick problem. Landscaping to reduce tick populations in your outdoor spaces is
a pesticide free plan that, if maintained, will provide a permanent deterrent to tick infestation.
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Ticks are increasing and spreading across Michigan, but you can take steps to
reduce them from around your home. Tick Evict Landscape Designs can help you
take charge and fight against these hideous parasites. We offer an initial
consultation to evaluate your tick problem and a basic landscaping plan with
techniques to help keep them off your property. Our consultation includes a
tick survey to identify the ticks and determine the level of infestation.
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After the initial consultation and basic plan, we can create a detailed
landscaping plan for use by the property owner or a professional landscaper.
The detailed plan will include; a scale diagram showing the changes to be made,
placement of pest deterring plant beds, necessary soil types, growing conditions,
and instructions for the planting and care of pest deterring plants.
Landscaping designs can be strictly for reducing ticks, can include plants for aesthetic beauty,
or can be for a useful herb and spice garden.
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Tick Evict Landscape Designs charges $100 for the initial consultation and $50 per
hour for a detailed landscaping plan. These fees are only charged for the time on the
property or the time to develop the detailed plans. There is also a 15 cent per mile round trip
fee for travel expenses. Actual landscaping will be the responsibility of the
property owner. Six weeks after landscaping, we will do another tick survey for free.
If the results are unsatisfactory, we will suggest revisions or other steps to reduce the tick population.
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DISCLAIMER: "Tick Evict Landscape Designs"
is a service of West Michigan and is unrelated to a product named
"Tick Evict"
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