Huge, aggravating story behind this but the upshot is -- instead of the organic cedar mulch I was promised by a local nursery, I was given cedar mulch from Canada -- doesn't say organic anywhere on it, and it's in English AND French. I believe Canada has different standards, but I also thought people were at least fairly honest, and this morning shot that one in the backside. Am I compromising too much by using this, I really don't want to go back and argue with her, this is the second nursery run by a weather-beaten older woman right out of Central Casting to screw me over this week, and I just want to stay home for awhile, play in the dirt and talk to the birds.

Is your concern that it doesn't say "organic", or that it doesn't say if it is from Cedrus or Thuja? What brand is it?

Hi Sue, my first concern is that it wasn't organic, but since it isn't, I'm hoping it doesn't have a lot of crap in it, horticulturally-speaking. It has a lovely big drawing of a flower-laden gazebo on the bag, but the only words in English are Canadian Cedar Mulch, the rest is in French but so basic even I can read it. The company is, not surprisingly, from Quebec, Howe Products.

It's 100% organic according to their website:

http://www.howeproducts.com/mu...

I love you! Why it wouldn't say that on the bag, I don't know. That's a good thing. This not only means I can use it without compromise, but that I can go back to that nursery, they had some great stuff, the people were nice and they had SUCH a sweetheart of a dog. What a relief!!