Tick prevention

[1Mech]

Well here it is, tick season again, I have had a few this year, but not what I would call a high amount of them. I usually spray down with DEET products when I am out in the grassy areas or the woods. I check my self over every night and can find some, but often I don't find them until they bite and I feel an itch.
I have heard if you drink 1/2 tsp of apple cider vinegar everyday, that will keep them from biting.
What do you use to prevent them on yourself or in the yard?

 

[fatjay]

Chickens. They devour ticks relentlessly. I haven't pulled a tick off in years, and that started about the time I got chickens.

Not perfect if you're a few hundred yards out in the grassy field, but in/around the house, they do the job pretty well.