>>> > If you buy mulch this spring and summer

iamcanadian

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>>> > If you buy mulch this spring and summer, make sure you know
>>> where it came from. This information comes from a very reputable insurance agent.
>> See
>>> web address below form more details
>>> >
>>> > If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying
>>> mulch this year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans many trees were
>>> blown over.
>>> These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to
>>> get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who
>>> will come and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot
>>> and Lowes at dirt
>> cheap
>>> prices with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in
>>> many
>> of
>>> those bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country where
>>> the Formosan Termites has gotten a stronghold and most of the trees
>>> blown down were already badly infested with those termites. Now we
>>> may have the worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of
>>> the country that we have
>> ever
>>> had. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and there
>>> apparently is no good control against them, so tell your friends
>>> that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.
>>> >
>>> > Shortcut to: http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/
>>> >
>>> >
 

Sassylassie

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Re: >>> > If you buy mulch this spring and sum

Thank you for the tip, I buy a lot of mulch for my gardens and I think I will stick with local mills now.

P.S. Several years ago I put mulch around my spruce trees and within a year they all died from some type of infection in the mulch.