Mulch

Local company jumps deeper into mulch

adamg — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:52:47 +0000

Harvest Power of Waltham, which makes mulch, among other things, announced today it is buying Coastal Supply Co. of Delaware, which makes mulch, among other things.

And no doubt, they were singing this tune today: Mulch maker, mulch maker, make me some mulch ...

Scented mulch too much for one Brookline man

adamg — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:05:49 +0000

Jeff Egnaczyk begs of his hometown:

Brookline, can you chill OUT with the scented mulch. Why must a wood chip be scented?

Trish Fontanilla wonders if maybe Jeff is just getting his nostrils in a bunch over flowers, but Haley Rose agrees with Egnaczyk:

Seriously, my nose hurts.

Man-eating mulch!

adamg — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:07:19 +0000

In case you need more proof that mulch is evil, AlertNewEngland reports a mulch pile trapped a man in Bellingham this afternoon. Firefighters were on scene attempting to extricate the man, described as conscious and alert.

Mulch identified as cause of five-alarm fire in Beverly on Sunday

adamg — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:26:16 +0000

Channel 7 reports.

Mulch madness: Tons of mulch erupt in flames, shut down 128

adamg — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:07:41 +0000

Channel 5 reports on the fire in a storage yard at 95/128 in Peabody.

Photo by the Salem Evening News.

Get a load of this: 128 blocked by overturned mulch truck

adamg — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:41:01 +0000

The Globe reports a truck full of mulch overturned on 128 north in Waltham this afternoon, sending mulch flying everywhere and narrowing the road to just one lane. Don't even think of what would happen if all that mulch caught on fire.

Too mulch to handle

adamg — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:05:03 +0000

Updated at 4:30 p.m.

Boston firefighters were kept busy today putting out fires in piles of mulch across the city. Crews were dispatched to at least ten locations in Dorchester, Central Square in East Boston, the Longwood Medical Area, Mission Hill and Beacon Hill to douse burning landscaping.

Locations include: Parker Hill Avenue on Mission Hill, Brookline Avenue in the medical area (two there so far), Bennington and London streets in East Boston and Cambridge Street between the T stop and Mass. General, and in Dorchester, Codman Square, Gallivan Boulevard by Neponset Circle; Ashmont T stop, the Best Buy in South Bay; Gallivan Boulevard by the Mt. Washington Bank and Gallivan Boulevard behind St. Brendan's.

Maybe concerned citizens could use some of those cases of leftover Poland Spring to wet down their mulch. Although none of today's fires seemed to cause any damage, Punditreview reminds us that a Peabody apartment building burned to the ground last year in a fire sparked by a lit cigarette thrown in some mulch.

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Stop throwing out lit cigarettes, thank you very mulch

adamg — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:47:16 +0000

Memo to clueless smokers: If you dispose of lit cigarettes in planters these days, there's a good chance you'll burn down Harvard Square. So just cut it out.