If you need to top up the mulch in your garden, you might be faced with the choice between using pine bark or pine straw.

If you have pine trees in your yard, you know just how many needles wind up falling from them every year. While some homeowners just rake them up, others want to find a way to use the needles in their ...

According to a expert, pine needle mulch is good for garden soil but does nothing to the acidity. Pine needle mulch does not ...

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 ...

Learn which evergreens are at greatest risk of winter burn and can benefit most from a layer of protective mulch.

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, ...

Q: We have 14-year-old pine trees with large water berms under them for collecting water. The inside of these berms are full of pine needles that I hoped would help hold moisture but they do not ...

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, ...

Right under our collective noses - and probably in your very own yard - is a great gardening tool that we have typically shunned. Pine straw. Raked up often to be disposed of, this all-natural, ...