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Guilderland Garden Club
PO Box 282
Guilderland Center, NY 12085

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Lyme Disease Resources

Please educate yourself about Lyme and other tick-borne diseases and take a few minutes to help protect yourself from tick bites before heading out to the garden. Here are some tips to help reduce the risk and safely enjoy the great outdoors:

  • Wear long pants and sleeves. Light-colored clothing will allow you to see any ticks more easily. And yes, tuck your pants into your socks.

  • Pre-treat your clothing, especially socks and shoes, with Permethrin and use Picaridin or other natural repellent on your skin. Follow all label directions.

  • Keep your lawn mowed short and remove any leaf or wood piles and plant debris that can serve as tick habitat.

  • When hiking, stay on manicured trails and avoid tall grass and leaf litter.

  • Do thorough tick checks on both your clothes and body when going back indoors. Ticks can hide on our bodies in those "well-sheltered" areas!

  • Use a lint roller to help remove any ticks that may be on your clothes. Another option is to use a TickMitt; look for them online.

  • Once back inside, put your clothes in a high-heat dryer for 15 minutes to kill any ticks you may not be able to see. Remember, they are the size of a poppy seed!

  • If you find an embedded tick, remove it carefully and promptly with a tick-removal tool. Be sure to completely remove the tick. Save the tick and seal it in a plastic bag. The tick can be mailed to tickreport.com for testing to see if it is carrying any pathogens. Visit their website for further instructions. Not all ticks carry diseases, but many carry more than one!


For more information, please visit these websites:
Lymedisease.org
Project Lyme
Global Lyme Alliance
Center for Lyme Action

A little prevention can save you from a lot of problems!

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