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Bad Mulch Correction

by Kevin Humphrey on March 10th, 2006

I need to make a correction to the ‘Bad Mulch‘ post that I did last night. Thanks to Jenn at Frugal Upstate for pointing me to an article at Snopes.com. I’d imagine that most of you are familiar with Snopes.com as being the leading investigative source for what’s legit online and what’s a hoax or legend.

Snopes.com is coming out with a FALSE on this email that’s going around about the vicious termites from New Orleans. They provide a lengthy explanation for their reasoning. Here’s a part of it…

Whatever the actual risk of termites turning up in mulch might be, however, the fact remains (and is the key to the “False” rating here) that — contrary to the warning expressed above — major home improvement chains such as Home Depot and Lowes are just about the safest outlets from which to buy mulch. Major retailers are generally much more aware and observent of quarantines, and they typically sell mulch in packages that identify their point of origin.

As Dale pointed out in the comments of my original post, probably the best source for mulch in your area is going to be from the companies that do a lot of tree work. It can usually be had for free if you don’t mind loading and unloading it yourself.

Here’s that article at Snopes.com.

Thanks to Jenn (Frugal Upstate) and Dale (Just Takes a Minute) for your input.

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