Pine needles, also known as pine straw, are often touted as a natural and attractive mulch option, especially for acid-loving plants like azaleas and blueberries. With their fine texture and ...

The method of mulching with pine needles is most effective for ornamental and fruit shrubs. To effectively mulch with pine needles, you should first thoroughly clear the area around the plants of ...

Mulch can be almost any loose aggregate material that will stay put and not significantly reduce air exchange out of the soil. But what kind is best?

Throughout the south, the needles are raked into bales of pine straw and sold in retail outlets as a landscape mulch. I only know of one local business that sells pine straw in my home county of ...

Mulch, if applied and maintained properly, can conserve water, reduce weeds & competition from other plants, act as a temperature regulator keeping your soil warmer in the winter and cooler in the ...

long pine needles love to intertwine themselves among the holly spines. Trying to rake the leaves out of the mulch can be more infuriating than a lack of 3-second calls in a Big Ten game.