Oiconomia@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoIt's not enough to touch grassfeddit.deimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1718cross-posted to: textsfromsolarpunk@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1699imageIt's not enough to touch grassfeddit.deOiconomia@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: textsfromsolarpunk@slrpnk.net
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·3 months agoWhile ticks are not insects, the whole point is to make the area more liveable for many local animals. I don’t think you can exclude ticks from that. Maybe you can lightly fence off some areas so the dogs don’t go there.
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoGood thing I didn’t call them insects then. Unfortunately fences won’t stop ticks as they jump and ticks won’t respect the boundary.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSo you put up a fence to keep dogs out? Or to keep mother nature in?
While ticks are not insects, the whole point is to make the area more liveable for many local animals. I don’t think you can exclude ticks from that.
Maybe you can lightly fence off some areas so the dogs don’t go there.
Good thing I didn’t call them insects then. Unfortunately fences won’t stop ticks as they jump and ticks won’t respect the boundary.
So you put up a fence to keep dogs out? Or to keep mother nature in?