Tom, thanks for forwarding the warning. My question--I saw piles of sacks of finely ground wood mulch outside Dahl's. Did you talk to the manager to find out the source? They have never had mulch for sale before. Jo On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Thomas Mathews wrote: ArialThis may be a repeat, but it's certainly worth repeating. ArialToday I saw bags of a reddish-colored mulch stacked outside the door of a Des Mones supermarket--might be the bad stuff. ArialTom ArialSubj: [IOWA-NATIVE-PLANTS] Fw: Warning ArialDate: 3/6/2006 3:50:52 PM Central Standard Time ArialFrom:    [log in to unmask] (Caroline Dieterle) ArialSender:    [log in to unmask] (Description for iowa-native-plants List) ArialReply-to: 0000,0000,EEEE[log in to unmask] (Caroline Dieterle) ArialTo:    [log in to unmask] ArialSome really bad news about an invasive pest: Arial--------------- Text of forwarded message --------------- Tahoma-----Original Message----- TahomaFrom:Tahoma [log in to unmask] [0000,0000,EEEEmailto:[log in to unmask]] TahomaSent:Tahoma Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:06 PM TahomaTo:Tahoma [log in to unmask] TahomaSubject:Tahoma Warning Tahoma0000,0000,8080If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. After the hurricane in 0000,0000,8080New 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 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 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. Tahoma0000,0000,FFFFHere's the link:Tahoma0000,0000,EEEE Tahoma0000,0000,EEEEClick here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal0000,0000,FFFF Tahoma  Arial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp