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March Quotes

f I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. ~Nadine Stair

Spring is independent of our compulsion to manage and direct. It’s beyond our reach. ~Roger Fransecky

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. ~Malcolm de Chazal

When you are through changing, you are through. ~Bruce Barton

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way. ~Wayne Dyer

You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that. ~Richard Simmons

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. ~Dr. Seuss

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ~Walt Disney

Follow your own star! ~Dante Alighieri

The first wealth is health. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. ~Deepak Chopra

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That’s the fun. You’re always learning. ~Helen Mirren

All gardening is landscape painting. ~William Kent

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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