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GARDEN
GARDEN

For tick pressure around the home environment, broadspectrum insecticides used correctly can support your overall programme, but ticks are best tackled through a combined strategy: pet treatment, vegetation management, and routine checks.

The simple summer formula that actually works

If you take one lesson into the season, let it be this. Clean and dry first, then treat strategically. Pests multiply fast in summer, so consistency beats once-off reactions. Keep food sealed, bins closed, and moisture under control. Then treat the places insects hide, breed and travel so you fix the source of the problem.

Always follow label instructions, ventilate properly, and keep products out of reach of children and pets. With a steady routine, summer can go back to gardens, braais and long evenings, not buzzing and bites.

GARDEN ZONE

Visit your local Agrimark Garden Zone for tools, feeds, fertilisers and seasonal plants.
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