A single straw harvest removes between five and 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre and between 0.5 and five pounds of phosphorus ...

The trees along all the major parade routes get swamped with beads during Mardi Gras. Many of the beads stay in the trees for ...

Ash also elevates soil pH, a problem for us since our soil leans in an alkaline ... they do shed a lot of needles which, ...

Ash also elevates soil pH, a problem for us since our soil ... going by the name of pine straw, are useful as mulch. Correction: Last week’s column misspelled the website address of an ...

Mulch loropetalum with 2 to 4 inches of pine straw, shredded bark ... Yellow leaves may mean your soil is too alkaline. To fix this problem, chlorosis, add elemental sulfur or another material.

To avoid these problems ... Some potential mulch options that meet these criteria include shredded pine bark, shredded cypress, pine straw, and leaves. You could also use peanut hulls or crush ...