Trick of smoothing out mulch..

[KyLawnscapes]

We use the plastic pitchfork that are usaully used to clean horse stalls. The you can scoop like a pitchfork and spread like a rake. They work better than anything Ive found and no black or brown hands at the end of the day.

[hiringus]

I second the pitchfork is all you need. I have a 3/4 length with a big D handle and its perfect.

If its not perfectly smooth do a quick backpack blow to smooth out ridges

[FYS777]

depends on what type of mulch, here if i tried to use a pitch fork it would all fall through the fork! and get laughed at if anybody saw me. metal spring rake, then use the back of it to smooth.

[dgw]

Originally Posted by Matt Hermann

for handtoss you just grab handfulls? that sound very time consuming compared to shoveling it out...

you would think, but its not . just drag the barrel along with you

unless its a very large open bed

[head_start]

it depends i hand toss on the tight beds and around flowers, but when putting down large amounts of mulch in even relatively open areas, its back to the broken rake.

[RakenShovel]

back side of a leaf rake works great because its lightweight to begin with and also the weight is distributed widely so you're not doing any digging.

[jnt412]

We use pitch forks to spread/toss and to level out the lumps. For softer mulch, we just use a big shovel and level it with pitch forks.

[FYS777]

Originally Posted by jnt412

We use pitch forks to spread/toss and to level out the lumps. For softer mulch, we just use a big shovel and level it with pitch forks.

what type of mulch???

[mdlwn1]

Originally Posted by dgw

i handtoss

best results ive had

and yes weve hand tossed 40 yards and it goes quick

Only method I use....surprised to hear it on here.

[Darryl G]

I use the backside of a rake (the front side too sometimes) and then hit it with my backpack blower with one tube off....smooths out any small bumps, but you have to do it carefully.