Keep ticks out of your garden with this surprising trick

Ticks are small arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals and birds. The bite is not painful but poses a serious health threat. Ticks carry diseases such as Lyme disease and encephalitis.

You can encounter them in meadows, parks, or forests, but arachnids are increasingly appearing in home gardens. How can you protect yourself from ticks in the garden? Place an item in it that will attract their natural enemies.

Ticks are small creatures from the arachnid family. There are about 900 species of these pests worldwide. They range from 0.02 to 1 inch. Their presence on the body is almost undetectable, just like their bite. Only after a few hours does a painful and itchy redness appear at the bite site.

Every year, there are more and more cases of diseases transmitted by ticks. These include, for example, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, or babesiosis. Each of these diseases requires specialist treatment.

Arachnids can attack us anywhere. Once, you could only encounter them while walking in meadows and forests. Now, ticks are even present in cities. People working in gardens are particularly vulnerable to attacks. How can you protect yourself?

You can find many tick-repellent sprays in stores and pharmacies, but not everyone remembers to use them before leaving the house. There is another way to protect yourself from tick attacks in the garden.

Just place a bird feeder or birdhouse in it. Species such as sparrows, thrushes, and tits feed on ticks. In this way, you will help the birds and get rid of ticks.

Ticks have a very keen sense of smell. They can detect the scent of their prey from afar. Some scents attract them, while others repel them. Suppose you want to eliminate them from your garden and plant rosemary, lavender, basil, thyme, or mint. Ticks cannot stand the smells of these plants and will flee as soon as they sense them.