How to protect your family from ticks that carry Lyme March 30, 2016Blogdeer ticks, healthy summer, homestead, housewife plus, info on Lyme, info on ticks, Lyme disease, maine, outdoors, preventing Lyme, preventing tick bites, sarah cottrell, ticks, wood ticks By Sarah Cottrell If you take simple precautions you can reduce your chance of being bitten or contracting Lyme disease. Try these five tips: