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The termites are coming! The termites are coming! But they aren’t coming in mulch harvested from trees downed by Katrina in the Gulf Coast region. They come every spring. In what may be the ...
My bag of mulch came with a colony of termites living inside! What do I do with it? Termites occasionally get into bagged mulch that has been sitting around. You can return the bag, or you can ...
Avoid using mulch containing freshly ground material with green wood or cellulose such as ground limbs, sawdust, twigs etc. Mulch with these materials attracts termites. Pine needles, bark nuggets ...
are known to be infested with wood-eating Formosan termites, which are more destructive than their domestic cousins. Lowe's and Home Depot said they buy mulch only from known sources, which follow ...
The e-mails keep coming–all warnings about Formosan termites living in mulch made from hurricane debris along the Gulf Coast–in particular, New Orleans. The messages list Home Depot and Lowe ...
Ravenous Formosan Subterranean Termites, infesting the mountains of inexpensive mulch made from downed trees in New Orleans, were making their way across Texas and the country. Louisiana officials ...
One of my favorite native trees, Serviceberry (Amelanchier), is blooming now, with five-petaled, starry white flowers in ... Q: I found some termites in mulch that I purchased.
Over the past few weeks, my e-mail box has been spilling over with warnings regarding the potential spread of Formosan termites ... white insects crawling around while opening bags of mulch ...
The e-mails keep coming to my inbox — all warnings about Formosan termites living in mulch made from hurricane debris along the Gulf Coast — in particular, New Orleans. The messages list Home ...
That's how Bill DeWitt described his bag of mulch, only it was filled with termites. "It was moving," said DeWitt, 57, of St. Petersburg. "I ripped it open, and it was just packed full of them." ...