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.

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, ...

Wood mulch and wood chips will mat down to make a firm but spongy surface for your garden paths and around playsets. Pine straw is too slippery to walk on, so skip it when mulching these high-traffic ...

Starting a vegetable garden can be a rewarding prospect for any homeowner. In addition to having fresh veggies on the ready, digging in the dirt has big health benefits. Though yanking out weeds might ...

I was teaching our new class of Master Gardeners recently about mulches, and the question about pine straw came about. One lady sheepishly admitted that while she lived in Tennessee, they would buy ...

ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - I was teaching our new class of master gardeners recently about mulches, and the question about pine straw came up. One lady sheepishly admitted that while she lived in ...

According to a expert, pine needle mulch is good for garden soil but does nothing to the acidity. Pine needle mulch does not make soil more acidic because the acidity of the needles neutralizes as ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I took some elephant ears and banana plants from Thibodaux and planted them at ...