Having suffered about 200 tick bites in the last 60 years here is a
few tidbits.

Up to about 25 years ago Lymes was not a recognized illness. Seems
dear tick the size of a pin head moved into New Jersey. My wife was
unlucky enough to have it in the early years. Bulls eye bruises are an
early sign "Bell's Palsy" a latter one luckily she received antibiotics
for some thing else.
The bigger ticks were everyone's concern because of "Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever" which I don't hear about anymore.
Best practice is mindfulness and stay out of high grasses here.
Wife and son both have had Lymes.

Sill I hate chiggers and give them the August garden.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

"The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow." - Anon

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