Take Your Yard Back From Ticks
Tick activity across the Golden Horseshoe has climbed sharply in recent years, and with blacklegged ticks capable of carrying Lyme disease, a tick on your child or your dog is no longer a shrug. Ticks do not wander far on their own. They wait in tall grass, leaf litter, groundcover and the shaded transition zones where lawn meets brush, trees or fence lines, latching onto whatever brushes past. That is exactly where our perimeter treatment goes to work.
The treatment targets and kills ticks in the yard, perimeter and landscape zones where your family and pets actually spend time, and the same application fights off more than 55 insect species, so the treated zone is doing a lot more than tick duty.
Built For Properties With Kids and Pets
This service exists for exactly the properties where tick exposure worries people most: backyards with swing sets, gardens, dogs on and off leash, and homes backing onto greenspace, creeks, orchards or trails, which describes much of Winona, Grimsby and Stoney Creek. A licensed technician applies the treatment to the zones where ticks harbour, and you carry on using your yard.
Alongside treatment, a few habits stack the odds further in your favour: keep grass cut, clear leaf litter from play areas, and check pets and kids after time in long grass or wooded edges. Call us at (905) 870-0633 and we will recommend the right treatment schedule for your property and season.
Where Ticks Actually Are
Understanding tick habitat makes the treatment make sense. Ticks die quickly in dry, sunny, mowed lawn, so the middle of your yard is not the risk. The risk is the edges: the shaded strip along the fence line, the leaf litter under shrubs and hedges, tall grass beside the shed, and the transition zone where your property meets brush, trees, a creek or a field. Ticks climb grass and groundcover in those zones and wait with legs outstretched for a host to brush past, a behaviour called questing.
That is why our application concentrates on perimeters and landscape zones rather than blanketing open lawn, and why properties backing onto greenspace, trails and agricultural land across Winona, Grimsby and Stoney Creek see the biggest benefit.
Serving Winona, Grimsby, Stoney Creek and Beyond
Ridge Pest Control is based in Winona and Grimsby, and this service runs throughout our home communities of Winona, Grimsby and Stoney Creek, across Hamilton, Ancaster, Binbrook and the mountain, and through the Niagara side including Beamsville, Vineland, St. Catharines, Welland and Niagara Falls, out to Burlington, Oakville and the wider Golden Horseshoe. Treatments run from spring through fall, tracking the tick season, which stretches longer here than most people expect, so booking ahead of the rush gets you the best scheduling options.
Straightforward Quoting
Every job starts with a free quote and a straight answer. Tell us what you are seeing by phone, text or the quote form, and we will tell you what a tick yard treatment involves for your property, what it costs and what results to expect, before any work is booked. No pressure, no upselling, and if the smaller option genuinely fits your situation, that is the one we will recommend. Quotes come back within one business day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this replace tick checks and pet prevention?
Treatment dramatically reduces tick pressure in the treated zones, but layers work best together. Keep up your veterinarian recommended pet prevention and the habit of quick tick checks after outdoor play.
Which parts of my property get treated?
The yard, perimeter and landscape zones where ticks harbour: lawn edges, groundcover, shaded transition areas, fence lines and the borders where your property meets brush, trees or field.
Is it safe for my kids and dog?
Yes. The treatment is applied by a licensed technician and the service is designed specifically with family properties in mind. Your technician will give you simple guidance for the brief drying period after application.
When is tick season in our area?
Longer than most people think. Adult blacklegged ticks are active any day above roughly four degrees, which means early spring and late fall, not just summer, and nymphs, the hardest to spot, peak through late spring and summer. Treatment schedules account for the full season, and we will recommend timing when you call.
