[StBernard] Termites and Mulch

[Westley Annis]

>

>A little something you should be aware of..... (from the Landscape 

>Architects of America)

>

>   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, Lowes, 

>and other lawn outlets at dirt cheap prices with one HUGE potential 

>problem >>> Formosan Termites !  These bags of mulch could contain eggs 

>and the termites themselves, as New Orleans is one of the few areas in 

>the country were the Formosan Termites has gotten a strong hold and 

>most of the trees blown down were already badly infested with those 

>termites. Now we face the true dilemma of transporting a problem to all 

>parts of the country that we have endured in New Orleans for years.  

>These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good  

>control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid 

>cheap mulch

>  and know were it came from.

>