In praise of cocoa bean shell mulch.

[LaraMN]

Because it makes the whole yard smell like chocolate!
:9

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Definitely better than that 4-day old anus smell of regular mulch.

[ThomCat]

5. You're making my headache worse.

Why did you have to go and do that? Now i'm remembering the smell of wet mildewy mulch. x(

[Sanity Claws]

2. WHere do you get it?

[LaraMN]

3. Menards, here. Maybe Home Depot?

I like the apperance of it, too. It's dark and contrasts nicely with the plant foliage. I've used it the last two years and am presently waiting for it to go on sale, so I can pick up a few bags (it's not the cheapest stuff out there).

[progmom]

4. and it doesn't attract carpenter ants

:thumbsup:

[LaraMN]

6. I don't know...didn't have any issues in the past

(except with SophieMN wanting to taste the mulch).

[progmom]

8. we had a problem for awhile

the exterminator guy recommended getting rid of the wood mulch and replacing it with the cocoa...which i was MORE than happy to do. found myself craving chocolate even more than usual though. :D

[LaraMN]

9. The only issue I had with it was that toward the end of the season,

it kept raining and some of the mulch got kind of mildewy. I think I should have turned it, a bit. Other that that, I've loved the stuff!

[kay1864]

7. It's great with milk

Lotsa fiber too :+

[kay1864]

10. Seriously, I can't believe that

no one has posted the "WARNING!! Your pets can die from eating cocoa mulch!!" email yet.

(short answer: Yes, if they eat quite a bit of it, but there's been no actual reported cased of it happening. However, owners of puppies and small dogs should be extra-cautious. OTOH, Hershey's (!) says that 98% of all dogs won't eat it)

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

[atomic-fly]

11. note to self...cocoa mulch.

I want me some of that.