**This warning is being circulated around the internet. It's an urban legend. See http://snopes.com/inboxer/household/… for the scoop. s. >Dear All, > >I try to stay on topic as much as I can, but have gotten a couple of emails >from respected garden writers that are concerned about the spread of >Formosan subterranean termites. It seems like it might be worthwhile to >pass this on. I'd not think it would be a problem for countries outside the >United States. > >Here was the first message: >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 have 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 that we have ever had of >transporting a problem to all parts >of the country. 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 where it >came from. -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2006