Child's plaza???

my ex-wife hates the sound of his voice, so I occasionally record one and send it to her lol - "Just thinking of you"

Seems legit

Whenever he hears the theme tune, my little lad yells, “It’s Fritz!”

Ticks are everywhere. As a landscaper I'm surprised how I have always managed to avoid them.. The only time I've ever had one is once on the Cape and one set of friends house visiting his garden in New Hampshire. I guess some people are more prone, but they are everywhere. I avoid all the chemicals nasty stuff. Just check yourself, just comes alwiththe turf. If you're really that afraid of the forest and field just get a condo or a city apartment

Spray definitely works, I wouldn't spray it myself though.

I don't know if I feel worse for the person who responds or the guy who seemingly 'can't afford' to put a door on their bathroom. Goodluck to the creep I guess?

A good reminder for me to put out tick tubes!

One item I didn't see mentioned here are piles of leaves. They can keep moisture so I have seen ticks from walking through them (or pets that do). Clean it up if in areas you will walk in. No need for garden treatment imo for ticks or otherwise unless you have specific issues to tackle (squash bugs, tomato worms). I do a lot of gardening and don't use anything except on our fruit trees (neem) and find even then I have some fungus issues with the apples I need to sort out. UGH

You will find ticks occasionally on you/kids/pets if you are out in woods or tall grass. No panic, they take a good while to latch in so easy to find and remove once done with your adventure. Treatment for pets is a thing if they are outdoors.

Folks consider Spring often the worse as they are out a lot and can be very small.

With that space you can get chickens perhaps. Too much work for me. Also if you have possum keep em around too.

cc: r/crackheadcraigslist

A couple of years ago I went for a walk on a trail in Lebanon, NH. The trail went through a large field of grass but the trail had been mowed and also driven on by ATVs. The grass was only 4-6" long in the trail. There was a sign at the trailhead warning that it was tick season, but in all my years in New England I never happened to be in an area where they were a problem so I didn't worry much about it.

When I was at the end of the trail I turned around and headed back and noticed a couple of ticks on my shoes. I started looking everywhere on blades of grass and never saw any.

I was freaking out when I got back to the car as I was finding ticks all over me. I took my shirt off and found a few. I got in the car and headed back to work. I had to stop twice to get out and brush off ticks that were crawling on my pants and shirt.

I stripped down in the bathroom at work and found several more ticks. I went over my clothes carefully two different times, pulling several ticks off and finding more on the second inspection. A few were already embedded in my legs.

I went back to my desk and answered the door. The delivery guy noticed a tick on my ear.

I was in a Zoom meeting and felt two more ticks on me during the meeting which I removed.

After the meeting I went in the bathroom and stripped down again and found a couple more.

After I got home the wife found one more on my back.

I had removed somewhere around 40 ticks. These were larger ticks which supposedly don't carry Lyme, but it was still freaky and I will never hike in that area again!

Since then I do tick checks after hiking and only occasionally found one.

I’d love to sell - but it’s not like Maine is cheaper. Or Mass. or Vermont. Or Montana. Dumb article because everything is going up.

It's a good way to keep younger people in the state.

Indeed. The destruction was stunning.

Way to admit you are a free stater without disclosing it

No bathroom door lol? I'll just stick to planet fitness

a true New Hampshirite. this man gets it

Won’t add what others have already suggested, but maybe I can offer some reassurance.

I’ve lived here 20 years and only twice have the humans in my family had an issue- and by issue I mean finding a tic well before it was embedded. We do use OFF brand tic/mosquito spray when we know we are higher risk of encountering tics, but never for just around the yard.

We have animals so unfortunately they have had them (esp if I lose track of their preventative monthly med dose schedule). My dog ended up with a latent anaplasmosis infection but never had symptoms, and no longer tests positive for it. Key here is making sure you don’t let the dose schedule lapse, and it shouldn’t be an issue.

Welcome to NH.

I rubs the lotion on your skin

It showers and shaves without a door or else it gets the hose again

Looks like you and everyone else misinterpreted my sarcasm, lol.

Or Buffalo Bill

Yes ticks do exist in New England. Are they the menace the media and people who most likely never go outside claim they are? Hardly.

As others have said, do a tick check after you've been out in deep woods or fields with tall grass. Light excursions on well-maintained trails pose very little chance of encountering ticks. They primarily lie in wait on objects that brush up against you.

As much as I want to agree, it definitely varies. Some truly DGAF, but I've encountered a few who were sympathetic.

I see a sign with business names on it

After 40+ years in Northern New England I recently moved south. Don’t miss it at all and it was time to go and start life in a much better place