Wood is not a good thing in a mulch. As wood decomposes it requires a great deal of nitrogen in order to break down and when you apply a mulch that is heavy in wood chips to your flower beds, landscape or other garden areas it will actually pull valuable nitrogen from the soil.e keep chickens and use dust free wood chips from the local timber yard for their bedding in the coops. we clean then out once a fortnight and put the waste in a compost heap made from old pallets 8 foot X 4 foot. We also put grass clippings, garden weeds, crushed egg shells, banana skins, tea bags onto the pile.
Tick paralysis. Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by an infectious organism. The illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick's salivary gland. After prolonged attachment, the engorged tick transmits the toxin to its host. The incidence of tick paralysis is unknown.
Some ticks carried by deer transmit the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Lyme disease is not contagious from person to person. Lyme disease can affect many areas of the body including the heart, skin, joints, and nervous system. If a tick bites, use tweezers to remove it from the skin. 2  Place the tick in a closed container and provide it to health professionals for identification. 3  Remove clothes and bathe -- washing the entire body and scalp -- to help prevent tick bites and the transmission of Lyme disease.