Haven't heard of that before. I am going to get a truck load this week in Bixby will look up there and see if they have it. We usually get the cedar mulch....Stacy

Stacy what I'm looking for and not finding is Cedar Bark.

I don't like the mulch as well because they throw in twigs and limbs and shred them up too. The pieces are so big. The mulching used to be smaller pieces.

That's why I was looking for the bark.

and that's why I picked up the cocoa bean shells because they are small pieces.

Couple of years ago the park Denny works at, took down a bunch of trees. They ran them through a mulcher. I though....YES....free mulch. I used it and it rotted quick and fed the weeds instead of keeping them down.

Out here we don't have nice city lawns to deal with. I have a whole hill of broam grass behind us that keeps trying to spread down here. AND when we moved her that's all there was growing here. Broam grass is tough to kill.

patti

Patti...I got some Cocoa bean mulch several years ago and it was just as wonderful as you have said. I was surprised to find that the smell lasted for a good part of the growing season. I would smell it when I walked on it or raked in it. It was wonderful. Get a bag and try it. But...don't forget to brush yourself off after you have rolled in it...

sooey

Maybe I'll see if I can find some. The mulch I put down last year is nearly gone. I don't know where it all went. There are some older folks who have a beautiful yard and gardens and their mulch is very dark, almost black, who live a few streets from me. I love driving by their house. I've noticed black mulch and was wondering if that's what they use.

Patti - I've been looking for cocoa mulch and haven't found any nearby. We have artillery fungus from the hardwood mulch so we don't use it any more. The lawn experts at the Cooperative Extension Agency said that cocoa mulch is inhospitable to the fungus. I told my husband I was going to drive to Hersey PA and bring some mulch back along with a couple hundred Hersey kisses.

I've used it a lot in the past and it is great! It smells nice for a long time to come BUT be prepared if it does go moldy underneath. It breaks down and the plants also love the added nutrition. I haven't been able to find it recently but I would definitely get it again.

I saw it last year and was tempted. This year I may just buy a few bags of it, as I really need some.
Leslie

I've used it before and it smells heavenly.

Newbie here. A word of caution....

Cocoa mulch does smell heavenly and works good for well draining soils. Be careful, though. The cocoa hulls contain the same chemical that makes chocolate toxic for some dogs. Be cautious where you spread the mulch as it may be too tempting for your furbabies.