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.

There's virtually no chance of contracting oak wilt from mulch. Other
diseases, possibly, but not oak wilt.

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

I checked into it and concluded it wasn't suited to what we do.. It's
basically ground-up tree branches with some foliage, primarily used
for the landfill's own reclamation projects. My concern was the
possibility of pests, pathogens and chemical residues in the fresh
plant material.