Suzanna and Darrell

>Lastly, and this is a tad off topic, any recommendations to keep ticks
>at bay? My 8 yo comes in from the yard with a tick nearly every day.
>This is surburban middle class Virgina!! Not deep forest!! It's
>driving me nuts. I have a real phobia about them and my husband has to
>remove them cos I can't bear to look :-(

>Take care

>Shyrley

We used to have a BIG problem with ticks when we first moved here to Clovis,
NM. They were all over the dog and the kids every time they came in the
house. We finally had to treat the whole yard with diazenon.(sp?) We did the
back yard first, and wouldn't let the kids or the dog back there for a
couple of days, then did the front yard. No more ticks since, and it has
been 4 years since we treated the yard.

Suzanna

P.S. I used to live in Colorado Springs, and I wouldn't move back there for
anything. (unless, of course, my husband got transferred there)