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, ...

The Mobile Police Department is warning people of a “pine straw scam” reportedly happening in Mobile. According to the department’s Public Affairs Manager Blake Brown, reports of the scam have ...

SUMTER, S.C. — Sumter Police are warning residents to be on alert after receiving several reports of scammers using pine straw sales as a ploy to target senior citizens. Investigators said two men ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — It’s an unfortunate sign of spring in metro Atlanta, pine straw scammers making their way through neighborhoods. “So, he knocked on the door and said he was doing the neighbor’s house across ...

Love it or hate it, pine straw is everywhere if you live in the Southeast. The needles slowly drift down from loblollies and longleaf pines, blanketing lawns and driveways and piling on top of shrubs ...