Let's skip prt. 3 for today. I am looking out at pouring rain for the umpteenth day. I see lots of overgrown drainage ditches, meadows, lawns, driveways and pathways, a lot of overgrown everything. And everything is wet. Tick heaven. It's at times like this that 'tick movement' occurs most readily. Ticks like wet, high grasses, bushes and tree branches. When everything is wet, they can travel more easily without a hot, dry break in the path, which stops their movement. Ticks do not like hot, dry environments. Today I can look ouside and see possible ways ticks could make it into my yard and gardens and walkways. I will be extra careful to wear my treated clothes when in those areas until they dry out well. We are promised sunshine and hot temperatures soon. This means lawns can get cut, and many other tick pathways will be broken up again. Keeping your lawn and yard trimmed back, so that wet, debris covered areas are out of reach, is a great way to keep ticks away.