Carolina Gardening: Your views on pine straw ..., 0 by GardeningNC

GardeningNC wrote:
I have found in my flower beds that the hardwood mulch does seem to decompose much better 0 thus adding the nutrient (I hope) to the soil. I had to use cyprus (or cedar not sure) one year - due to the drought the hardwood was near impossible to find and mulch in general wasn't easy to find... it is still there!! I am not fond of the look (just my opinion) but love the look of the pine needles I rake up and put around my pine tree, it is also in my hosta bed, though there is no point in mulching that bed as it is and has been pine needles for over 20yrs :-) I have a picture... though it is much fuller now - but during winter all you really see is the pine needles...