Real Christmas trees drop pine needles everywhere, here's the easiest way to clean them all up without needing a vacuum.

Pine Pinus needle tea infusion with honey, with a jar of honey, a candle, and more pine needles in the background. - FotoHelin/Shutterstock However, as with foraging any wild plants, it's important to ...

Have a pine tree nearby? You’re only two steps away from a delicious wintery cocktail. Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021.

Q: I’ve heard that pine needles increase the acidity of the soil, and the needles from my Ponderosa pines are killing my grass. – Katlynn in Louisville A: Decomposition of pine needles may increase ...

Can I compost pine needles or pine cones? Pine needles can be composted, but their decomposition will be slow. Needles and cones will decompose faster if they are broken into pieces to increase the ...

This homemade pine needle soda is one of those fun little recipes with simple ingredients, a bit of fermentation, and suddenly you’ve got a bubbly, woodsy drink that tastes like a walk through a ...

Evergreen trees and shrubs often alarm homeowners by losing needles in autumn. There’s usually no need for concern. “It’s part of the regular life cycle of these plants for some needles to turn yellow ...

Pine trees are an important source of timber–600 million are chopped down each year in the EU alone. But while the trees are harvested for their wood, billions of pine needles go to waste. Or, they ...

It looks like lice on your trees. Unprecedented infestations of pine needle scale — a native insect that eats the needles of pine, spruce and fir trees — are on the rise on private lands in the High ...

There's increasing concern about PFAS, the substances commonly called forever chemicals found throughout the environment. Now volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles throughout the state ...