When it comes to covers for your garden soil, pine straw may be right. You'll only know for sure once you've compared it to ...

In some areas of the country, the choice between mulching with pine needles and wood mulch is a tough one. Since the 1980s, pine straw has been the favorite mulch in the South. It is inexpensive, ...

What to you do with your pine needles? Do you rake them and bag them? Do you recycle them back into your garden? Or do you just ignore them and hope they will eventually blow away? Depending on who ...

At this time of year, when pine trees are shedding their old needles, my neighbors Mark and Olga are happy to have me rake up the needles that fall from their trees onto the street and their driveway, ...

I have access to a large quantity of pine needles and some pinecones. Can I use these for mulch in my flowerbeds? Pine needles do make good mulch in certain situations, but they are also acidic so ...

GLENMOORE >> Longleaf pine straw is a popular southern landscaping product – used as mulch in a variety of applications. That product is now available locally. Mid-Atlantic Pine Straw Mulch is owned ...

Answer: The best time to move these plants is late in their dormant season. If you were to move them directly to their new location, January would be a good time for you. In other parts of the state, ...

Q: I leave oak leaves and pine needles when they fall in a large bed with azaleas, a gardenia and chrysanthemums. Are they good mulch, or should I replace with pinebark or other mulch? -- R.G., ...

Fall is very aptly named, with the mountains of leaves and pine needles that fall from the sky for weeks on end. With shorter days and colder nights, trees are preparing for winter rest by turning ...