I've heard both schools of thought. I have large, mature live oaks which
greatly increase my property value. I wouldn't use the city mulch since there
is no way of knowing. If you shop around, you can buy cedar mulch for about 8
dollars a yard. Now if the city gives away ONLY cedar, that's fine to use, IMO


On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:17:59 -0500, "bobwhite" wrote:

Several towns/cities grind up all the limbs, branches, and trees that are
discarded in their landfills. They offer the wood grindings free for use
as mulch.

I am concerned about getting and using any of this because who knows what is
in it, and I am especially concerned that there may be wood from oak trees
that died of Oak Wilt. Surely if there are, this would spread the disease
to Oak trees on which the mulch was used. If there is Oak Wilt, I
wouldn't even want it anywhere on my land.

Is anyone else concerned about this, and are the landfills, in an attempt to
help, really taking a chance on spreading disease all over?

Comments - please. Bob