Here is a link to many discussions on tick control and you'll find many of them are about organic controls. Most are from the Pest Management forum.

Hope this helps.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Tick Controls discussions

The very best tick control that money can buy is GUINEA FOWL. They love ticks and japanese beetles and junebugs and grubs and just about any "bad" bug that would hurt your garden, guineas will snatch 'em up. They also eat the weed seeds right and left. :) We've had guineas (started out with one pair that we hatched, and have had as many as 22 at one time; currently down to about 12) for at least 5 years, and we DO NOT have problems with ticks at all. During "japanese beetle/junebug season" we go around and pick the beetles off the shrubs and feed 'em as treats.

Here is a link that might be useful: Guineas.com website

I was going to mention guineas too, but also add that they will range over a few acres, which may include your neighbors' yards. They also are noisy. Incredibly noisy.

If you (and your neighbors) can live with that, they are very effective.

Wayne

I googled 'organic tick control' and the first thing up was GardensAlive saying there currently is no such thing. If there was, they would probably be selling it. Their site has some info on ticks, though.

For physical control of ticks (removal), the one and only thing I've heard of is guinea fowl. Everything above mentioned about them is true. If you want to raise some, DO NOT raise them in the house. DO NOT make pets of them. Think of them as livestock you're going to slaughter. Otherwise, I will have to tell you the story of the guineas, the woman who raised them in her kitchen, and her daughter's wedding. She said it wasn't a pretty sight.

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: GardensAlive tick info

i have also thought about the guineas, the only problem is that about 100 yds or less from my house is a no-kill dog shelter @ my neighbor's. they would probably drive those dogs, and mine up the wall!

'in daughter's wdding"??????huh

i've read of scientists working on a tick-attacking nematode?

From what people around here tell me, the best methods are removing conditions that ticks like but no method is perfect. Since many communities around here severely restrict farm animals, the guinea fowl is not an option for me.
Attached is a link for a product that I have heard of before. I don't know if it works. The idea is that it works by host mice crawling through the tubes and picking up a substance that kills the ticks. If you find an economical and effective large-scale solution please let me know. I'm in the center of lyme disease territory.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tick Tubes

Thanks for the link, Bob!