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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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: ...

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.

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 ...

As it’s getting colder and the leaves are starting to fall, it won’t be long before we start getting calls about brown needles on evergreens such as pines. We call them “evergreens” because they ...

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 ...

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 ...