My ex and I in our early years moved to a rental house in the country ( I grew up in the country ) . This house had been empty for about 10 months before we moved in. Weather got nice and warm and one evening I came home from work , took a shower , grabbed a glass of iced tea , the news paper and headed outside to sit under the shad tree. ( we didn't have air conditioning at that time.
So I'm sitting there reading the paper and a strange feeling came over me . You know when something doesn't seem right but you just can't put your finger on it. You haven't heard anything but there just something....
Well this yard had patchy places in the grass and as I leaned over to get my glass I saw something but my mind didn't let me comprehend what I was seeing. It was like the yard was moving. Then I realized what was happening. There were ticks everywhere and they were heading for me. YIKES!!!!!! I took off for the house , stripped when I got inside , and told the wife to look me over. luckily I didn't have anything on me but there were a couple on my pants.
The next day after work I stopped and got some powdered lime. That night the whole yard got treated and no more ticks.