Pest control
Flea and tick control for the yard your family uses
Fleas and ticks don't live out in the open lawn. They live along the woodline, in the tall grass, and in the shaded beds against the house. That's where we treat, on a schedule through the season.
What it is
Flea and Tick Yard Treatment
We treat the shaded edges, beds, and ground cover where fleas and ticks live, on a repeating schedule. It works alongside the flea and tick product your vet has your pet on, never instead of it.
Ticks don't jump or fly. They climb to the tip of a grass blade or a low branch, hold their front legs out, and wait for a leg to brush by. That's why they gather where the mowed lawn meets brush, along fence lines, and in the leaf litter under shrubs. It's also why the middle of a sunny, well-kept yard is one of the worst places for them to be.
Fleas work differently. The ones you see on a pet are a small share of the actual population. Eggs fall off wherever the animal walks, and the larvae grow up in the shaded debris nearby, so a yard can carry fleas long after the pet has been treated. Wildlife wanders through and keeps restocking the supply.
Handling both means going after both habits: the shady corners where flea larvae mature, and the transition zones where ticks sit and wait. That's a different job from blanketing open turf, and it's why the technician walks your property before anything gets applied.
Local conditions
Where ticks actually live on an Indiana property
Several tick species show up around here. American dog tick, lone star tick, and the blacklegged tick, which is the one tied to Lyme. Blacklegged ticks have turned up in more Indiana counties every year for the past couple of decades, and northern Indiana's mix of woodlots, lake lots, and farm edges gives them plenty of room.
Most yards we treat back up to something: a woodlot, a fence row, a creek, a neighbor who lets the back acre grow up. Deer and other wildlife carry ticks right up to that line and drop them off. On a normal property, the highest numbers sit in a narrow band along that edge, and that's where our treatment concentrates.
Keeping that band unfriendly helps as much as anything we put down. Clear the leaf litter, keep the grass short at the edges, move woodpiles and brush away from where the kids play, and lay a few feet of mulch or gravel between the woods and the lawn. Small changes, fewer ticks in the yard.
Trouble spots we check first
- The woodline, plus the first ten feet of lawn next to it.
- Tall or unmown grass along fences, ditches, and the back of the property.
- Ground cover, ivy, and dense shade beds pushed up against the house.
- Leaf litter, brush piles, woodpiles, and stone edging.
- Shaded ground under decks, porches, and low shrubs, which is where flea larvae grow up.
Woodline treatment
Tick control
Tick control is the woodline and edge work. Adult ticks wait in tall grass and leaf litter at the property line, not out on the mowed lawn, so we treat those specific zones on a repeating schedule through the warm months. This runs alongside the tick product your vet has your pet on, never instead of it, and no yard treatment gets you out of a tick check after time outside.
Yard treatment
Flea treatment
Flea treatment on a yard targets the shaded, humid corners where flea larvae grow up: under decks, along foundation shrubs, and in the debris pets rest in. One treatment doesn't finish the population, so we come back on a schedule to catch the next generation before it emerges. Indoor flea problems still need a vet-directed product on the pet and often an interior treatment, which we don't do.
What to expect
Season-long, not one and done
We start in spring and come back through the fall. Ticks are active any day the ground isn't frozen. Adults peak in spring and again in fall, and the little nymphs are out all summer. That's a long window, so the schedule has to cover the whole thing.
Fleas need repeat visits for a different reason. The eggs, larvae, and pupae already sitting in the soil don't react to a treatment the way adults do, so a new wave keeps hatching out. Follow-up visits are what actually break the cycle.
Keep checking yourself, your kids, and the pets after time outside. A treated yard carries fewer ticks, and that's worth a lot, but no treatment gets you out of a tick check.
The GreenWorks difference
We're a small, owner-operated company that isn't a franchise. Every program is built for the property, which on this service usually means concentrating on one specific edge of the yard instead of blanketing the whole thing.
Trained technicians handle every application and follow label directions, re-entry times and all. Call (574) 549-3650 if you're still finding ticks between visits and we'll come back out and look.
Related services
Service area
Where we do this
We treat lawns in these twelve towns and the country roads between them.
Questions
Questions we hear about fleas and ticks
Does this replace my dog's flea and tick medicine?
No. Keep the pet on whatever your vet has them on. Treating the yard lowers what's out there in the grass and shade, so there's less pressure on the pet, but the two jobs are separate and both matter.
When are ticks active in Indiana?
Any day the ground isn't frozen, including that warm week in February. Adults are heaviest in spring and again in fall, and the smaller nymphs are out from late spring through summer. We treat spring through fall.
Where in a yard do ticks actually live?
Shade and leaf litter. They stack up along the woodline, in the tall grass at the back of the property, in ground cover, under shrubs, and around woodpiles and stone walls. Open, sunny lawn is a bad place for them.
How many treatments does it take?
More than one. Fleas hatch in waves out of eggs and larvae already sitting in the soil, so a single application never catches the whole cycle. Repeat visits through the season are how you actually get on top of it.
How did fleas get in the yard if my dog is treated?
Wildlife brought them in. Opossums, raccoons, stray cats, and deer move through most of the yards we treat and drop eggs as they go. Those eggs mature in the shaded debris under decks, shrubs, and along fence lines.
Is it safe around pets and kids?
Our technicians follow the product label, and every label sets a window for how long to keep pets and kids off treated ground. We tell you that window before we leave. Everything we put down is outside.
Fewer ticks in the yard this season
Tell us about the property and the pets. We'll put a schedule and a price in front of you.