"Wanda" writes:

A couple of people have suggested this could be whiteant
attracting. Have you had, or heard of, this? Just incase I have kept
the mulch about 10cm away from the house.

Well, when whiteants breed they can travel a long way to find a new
home, so to stop attaracting termites to your house, you really need
to remove all sources of wood from around 100km around your house.
These days, termite contractors actually place sawdust baits outside
your house to detect termites before they invade your house. You can
use your mulch for much the same purpose.

Also, these creatures are not stupid. They will colonise the easiest
to eat areas first (soft damp rotting wood) and only move on to the
less palatable sources when their numbers are up.

Even termite removal contractors don't moan about woodchip mulch
around the house, although they do tend to grumble about logs, and
wood used for garden beds and other structural purposes.

My 2 cents.

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