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Free Mulch?

19 years ago

Lee County offers free mulch made from its yard debris collections (I assume). We always used this mulch at our old house with great success, HOWEVER, we also had to have the house bombed for termites there twice within two years!

The pest control guy said that the termites could very well have ridden into town on the free mulch. Now that we're in a new house I'm wondering if this is true and if I should avoid using this free mulch again.

Does anyone have any opinions on using free mulch??

Jane

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barbcoleus
19 years ago
I'd like it but I have no place on my property to store it while I'm spreading on plants that are far away from my house. Mainly, Under NO circumstances would I put any wood chips next to my house even though my house is cinderblock. I don't know if that's just my opinion or if I heard it shouldn't be used by the house.
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