TICKS

They're back! Ticks are active early this year due to the warm winter and an abundance of deer. My rules for preventing tick bites are:
    1. Light colored clothing - allows crawlers to be spotted early.
    2. Long pants - tucked into long light colored socks.
    3. DEET spray - most other preventives (avon products etc. do not work well).

Remove within 3 hours of a new bite. Pull slowly with tweezers to avoid mouth parts from being left in. WSJ had a terrific article on March 26th. Click here to view article.