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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, ...

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 ...

Unlike pine bark, pine straw is made up of needles, which are actually the trees' leaves. When used as a mulch, they break down in a similar way to other types of leaves and help enrich the soil in a ...

I removed an old ever-green hedge which has left a lot of needles in the soil. I am replacing the hedge with boxwoods. I have been told that the needles poison the soil. If this is the case, what do I ...

"People often are surprised and in disbelief when I tell them that the yellow, dying needles are a function of the normal shedding that happens every fall," said Ingrid Aguayo, forest entomologist for ...