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gersus
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2014 18:07
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Winter isn't even over yet and we've already found ticks on us...
Was hoping the ticks wouldn't be too bad this year since we had a cold, long winter. At least the ones we've found were the large ones and not the tiny ones. I had plenty of those last year... (different area).
We plan on spending a lot of time on our new property and camping so we don't want to be covered in ticks all the time.
Anyone have some good experience with products or any tips?
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BaconCreek
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2014 20:34
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Best tip ever from the Amish: Take an odorless garlic supplement daily. We started doing this last year and it made a tremendous difference in the amount of ticks we would find on ourselves. 
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SandyR
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2014 22:30
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Ugh. I heard that because the winter was so cold and long that any ticks that made it through would be the hardy nasty strong ones.
My advise is just the basic ones - tuck your pantlegs into your socks, and wear long sleeve shirts. Check your hair at the base of your neck when you come in from the woods. They like to go there and hand out.
The Amish sure know their stuff too.
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leonk
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2014 09:45
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buy permethrin in concentrate and dilute to 0.5%, spray on clothing and boots, you can also wash clothing in it to provide lasting effect, there are instructions on the net.
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Sustainusfarm
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2014 11:25
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Get guinea hens...let EM loose and they will eat all the ticks...
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2014 16:57 - Edited by: CabinBuilder
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A quick forum search on related threads on ticks.
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gersus
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2014 10:19
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Cool tip about the garlic. Maybe that is why I always get far fewer ticks than my wife and son. I eat more garlic. Sounds like a great excuse to eat some Alfredo!
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BaconCreek
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:18
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I am a believer in the odorless garlic supplements for ticks prevention. It works!
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2014 19:04
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Friend quit smoking so chewed nicotine gum. She stank, and never got a mosquito bite! Didn't get ticks, either.
It was funny when the unsuspecting bummed gum
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Just
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2014 22:43
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free tick kit given out by Ontario parks
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2014 07:50
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a 1/2 shot glass of apple cider vinegar or a shot of pickle juice every morning...keeps the ticks off...lots of the hunter's /fishermen & forester's use this trick in the south.
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Millman
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:10
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my advice would be using garlick
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