Dumb statements like this, "Two full grown trees are needed to produce one cubic yard of mulch" show that this product is a farce. "A full grown tree" does not yield any particular quantity of wood because different trees are different sizes.

I also think they've gone off the mark with their marketing. Hippies are not concerned with the color of their mulch. They should be marketing this to more narcissistic groups. This is a dumb, useless, and possibly harmful product. What the heck is in it, anyway? "...unique combination of pigments, resins and additives allow it to penetrate..." Ewww! I don't want any of that stuff in my yard. If you really want to do that, a cheap can of spray paint is only $1.

To arborist chips or aged sawdust horse bedding + manure I've added used coffee grounds for an end result of darker mulch. Even shredded leaves might do the trick for you.

Others have tried to break into the private homeowner market , but have been mostly unsuccessful. Products such as these can be found in the storage buildings of high end golf courses, resort grounds, private estates, and the like.

Most of us 're-color' our mulch at least once a year, anyway. It's called putting out more mulch. You see, Tim, mulching products are supposed to eventually feed the essential microorganisms found in the soil. As wood chips and pine straw break down they help sustain that life in the soil. A simple top dressing of new chips or straw replenishes the depleted material.

This is a really useless product.

Lloyd

Mulch gets applied liberally in the fall and plants grow through it in the spring, hiding the mulch from view. Of course, my idea of mulch is anything the trees drop on the beds plus my compost.

Claire

Don't say that too loud. Ronald's got a temper.

I like nourishing mulches.

I mulch with compost.

My point, though, was that new gardeners are increasingly under the impression that 'mulch' means using a wood product---thanks to commercial landscaping examples.

My good friend likes to use compost as her mulch.

I like shredded wood chips in my flowers but straw on my veggies.

I can't make enough compost to mulch with so I use what I can make as a soil amendment. While I did buy compost for the veggies this fall, I can't afford to buy compost for everything, hence the shredded wood chips.

I think everyone has a favorite way of doing things.

Val

Unfortunately it has a lot of weeds and diseases, so I'm going to move away from that and start using tree chips from the power company. Slower organic matter input into the soil, but it will still provide the important roles of weed supression and temperature and moisture control.

I do the best I can with what I've got, that's my motto.

Karen