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.
1 Most tick bites do not transmit harmful microbes. 2  There are a variety of tick-borne diseases. 3  There is a wide range of symptoms that usually develop days to weeks after the tick bite. 4  The symptoms depend on the particular microbe that is transmitted. There are a variety of tick-borne diseases. 2  There is a wide range of symptoms that usually develop days to weeks after the tick bite. 3  The symptoms depend on the particular microbe that is transmitted. 4  For all tick bites, local cleansing and antibiotic cream may be applied.