paradise pest control

Prevention

May to September is the most active season for ticks. Perfectly timed for summer outings with the family or kids playing in the yard.

Ticks like wet, cool, shaded areas. Make your lawn an unlivable environment for the critters, by mowing your lawn, making it exposed. If you have kid toys outside make sure to leave them in the sun so no ticks lurk on them.

Ticks live on and in the grass, strictly to the ground, so when outside its in your best interest to wear closed toe shoes, socks, and long pants.

Heavy bush near your house could house common rodents and wildlife that ticks feed off.

Remove species of plants that are known for ticks. Ex. Japanese barberry

Always check your body for ticks after going in grass or highly wooded areas!

Removal

If you do find a tick on you, carefully remove with tweezers. Pull upward, do not twist or rip the tick off quickly, the mouth could still be stuck within your skin.

If the mouth is embedded in your skin try to remove with tweezers as well, if it is not pulled out put alcohol on the skin and wait for it to heal.

Once the tick is removed DO NOT crush in your fingers, flush it immediately. Crushing it can cause the diseases the tick is carrying to come into contact with your skin.

Remove the tick as soon as possible do not use other methods like heating up or using nail paint to remove the tick.

Stay safe and be careful this summer!

Here at PPCF we provide: lawn treatments, fertilization, pest control, and sprinkler repair; for the following cities: Miramar, Pembroke pines, Davie, Weston, Plantation, Sunrise, Tamarac, Coral Springs, and Parkland. If you need our services in your area call (954) 353-3781!

Not only is your lawn a place for you and your family to enjoy or even brag to your neighbors about, but a healthy lawn treatment actually helps the environment.

The Benefits?

Boosts Air Quality

All the dust, smoke, allergens, and other pollutants within the air is actually captured by your grass. So a healthier lawn would mean less breathing in those unhealthy pollutants.

Produces Oxygen

Everyone needs oxygen and just like trees your lawn also produces oxygen. A healthy lawn treatment would significantly help with your family’s daily oxygen needs. Even a 50’ x 50’ is enough to support 4 people.

Clean Lakes

Your grass holds the soil naturally with its roots controlling erosion into nearby lakes. If soil were to erode the water would muddy causing algae blooms therefore loss of oxygen, and fish deaths.

Makes You Cooler!

In urban areas the ground becomes dryer from the infrastructure and therefore the area becomes warmer, known as the heat island effect. 50% of the sunlight’s heat can be eliminated from a yard. A lawn can be cooler than asphalt or concrete by a whole 10 to 14 degrees.

Helps with Runoff

Rainwater can turn into a disaster when it becomes stormwater runoff, flooding and generally being a nuisance. Grass can absorb runoff and even slow it down. While it does this the grass is absorbing the pollutants in the water making it less acidic.

Absorbs Greenhouse Gases

Lawns are the one of the best carbon sinks, they remove harmful amounts of carbon dioxide. The amount of carbon taken in by the lawn exceeds the amount of carbon needed to maintain by ten-fold.

Supporting Wildlife

All the different parts of a yard; shrubs, trees, flowers beds, and other plants provide shelter and food for birds and squirrels. The grass itself homes insects like worms, and spiders further supporting the wildlife around.

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or Text us at (754) 300-7783

or Text us at (754) 300-7783

It’s Tick Season!