Re: [FWDLK] Off Topic but very important

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When getting these type of emails, a good place to check is here:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/    (urbanlegends.about.com)

Quite often, these warnings have been going around for years in one 
form or another. This one below is a hoax.

 As to Mulch, a great source is your local saw mill. they often have 
bark mulch for free or little cost. I can get trailer loads for $15. at 
one mill and for free at a pallet plant. I my area, the pallet plant 
also has Oak boards too short for their use for free also.

Regards, Ray


On Mar 10, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Reginald Knowlton wrote:

> FYI on getting mulch.?? We need to be careful for the next couple of 
> years.
>
> Laurie Coulter
> Dow AgroSciences
> 12508 Hardings Trace Pl.
> Richmond VA? 23233
> lfcoulter@xxxxxxx?? E-Mail
> 804-360-1708????????? Office Phone
> 804-360-0867????????? Office Fax
> 804-690-2246????????? Cell Phone
>
> For those gardeners among us:
>
> 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 strong hold 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 we have 
> no
> good control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid
> cheap mulch and know were it came from.
>
> ??? Here's the link:
> ??? Click here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal
>
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