Lea esta nota en español. LIVE OAK – The hum of a tractor’s motor fills the forest as a worker heaves an armful of pine needles into a rusted red baler. He flips a metal lever over the tawny leaves ...

As North Florida’s timber industry faces new challenges, some landowners turn to pine straw. Are the human and environmental costs worth it? In part two, 'Baling pine straw for pennies,' crews ...

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, ...

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 ...

Four years ago, a friend doing landscape work at Chip Prezioso’s Rosewood Drive business filled plant beds with artificial pine straw. Today, the pine straw at The South Carolina Shop looks good as ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Have you ever heard the phrase buyer beware? Well, you may want to keep it in mind this summer as companies offer their services for home or yard improvements. One local man’s ...

The years have rolled by and the pine straw keeps coming and going at All About Pine Straw in Watkinsville. This business has been selling pine straw on the retail and wholesale markets since 2002 ...

COLUMBIA — Pine straw harvesting is a strong and growing industry in the Southeast, and Clemson Cooperative Extension is offering a workshop aimed at teaching the basics of the burgeoning business.