Ticks are more than just creepy critters that seek you out to bite you; they also can make you very sick!

Below is one idea for a natural tick repellant that deals with ticks and does not contain harsh chemicals!

I hike and/or creek swim in the woods with my dog 5 to 6 days a week, March through October.

Where I currently live has the greatest number of confirmed Lyme Disease cases in the whole country.

I hate harmful chemicals.

Before I discovered this natural tick repellent, we’ve been pulling a minimum of 3 to 4 ticks off my dog each day and usually one to two on me.

I hate ticks.

My husband told me we had to figure something out with all these ticks or else he wanted to put Frontline on my dog.

I hate Frontline.

It’s full of dangerous chemicals and not good for dogs (or for people that love to hug and cuddle their pets).

I put a drop of Rose Geranium Oil in between my dogs shoulder blades and a drop at the base of his tail each day before we go outside. That’s it.

I also put a drop on the insides of my wrist and a drop behind my ears.

We did our daily hike and creek swim in the woods. We came back. No ticks.

What, no ticks?! I thought this is too good to be true.

To this day, I have not pulled one single tick off my dog or me. We went from pulling 3 to 4 ticks a day off him to NONE. Zip. Zero. Nada.

Ticks are more than just a creepy nuisance; they carry diseases, viruses, and bacteria that can make you very ill.

Chemicals work, but we simply do not know if we are doing ourselves long-term damage by constantly exposing ourselves to them.

To read up on this natural tick repellant, please check out Primally Inspired.