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Close-up of chocolate fir

Size3/4" and finer

Spread it2 to 3 inches

FromDouglas fir, aged in the pile

Chocolate Fir

A dark fir bark, but more fun to say.

Good for

  • Beds and borders
  • Acid-loving shrubs

About Chocolate Fir

A dark fir bark, but more fun to say (and not very tasty!). Chocolate fir is made by storing red fir bark in large piles and letting it "cook".

How much Chocolate Fir do you need?

Spread chocolate fir 2 to 3 inches deep. Add each area and the calculator does the math.

Areas, in feet
  1. 200 sq ft

Length × width. Step it off: a stride is about 3 feet.

3″

1.9cubic yards

Chocolate Fir over 200 sq ft, 3″ deep

What that amount is
Cubic yards1.9
Full-size pickup loads (mulch, about 3 yards)0.6
Compact pickup loads1.2
Wheelbarrow loads (6 cu ft)9