Ticks...

From: Paul V. McCullough (pvmcull@voicenet.com)
Date: Tue May 19 1998 - 21:12:02 PDT


Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:12:02 -0400
From: "Paul V. McCullough" <pvmcull@voicenet.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1711$foo@default>
Subject: Ticks...

We live at the edge of the Pine Barrens... okay, it's more like five
miles away... but our housing dev. surrounds about 100-200 yards of
scrubby woods. My backyard borders on these woods. My wife, while
gardening in the backyard today, acquired a tick! If it's this bad in
suburbia NJ, just imagine what the Pine Barren bogs must be like! I
advise (once again) to use EXTREME caution when entering NJ bogs. We've
decided to cancel all trips this year to the bogs- avoiding the bogs is
the best way to avoid Lyme disease.

        I do suggest visiting Longwood Gardens in PA- not to far from
Philadelphia, and their indoor CP displays are spectacular. They have a
nice assortment of Nepenthes, too. They're also free from ticks, at
last report. :)

Cheers,
Paul

-- 
Paul V. McCullough
Webpage: http://www.voicenet.com/~pvmcull



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