Ticks in the garden: 3 plants repel the bloodsuckers naturally. Tansy also contains toxins that are inedible for ticks.
Cats love catnip – ticks prefer to avoid the purple-blue plant. The most common tick-borne diseases in Germany are Lyme disease, which is caused by bacteria, andtick-borne encephalitis (TBE), a viral disease. Around 85 percent of TBE cases are reported from the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.