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.

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Lea esta nota en español. WELLBORN – On Dwight Stansel’s Farm and Nursery in Suwannee County, rows of longleaf pine seedlings look like vibrant green bowling alleys, their tightly clustered bristles ...

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 ...

Pine straw plays a big role in golf course maintenance. It's used to cover shaded areas where grass struggles to grow and provides clean definition around fences, boundaries, and wooded areas. But for ...