Q: I service a school with a tick problem. There is a 30×30-foot area covered in mulch with playground equipment. It is surrounded with a chain-link fence. Three sides have brushy vegetation, and the fourth side is paved. I’ve treated the vegetation on the three sides with a residual, but the kids are still picking […]
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