Next, gather your tree trimmings. You can use pine, oak, maple, apple, birch, and most softwoods for hugelkultur beds. But avoid using allelopathic or rot-resistant woods such as cedar, black ...

Description. Our Master Gardener tree list— “Ornamental Trees for Home Gardens and Landscapes” — describes the Pinyon Pine as a slow-growing, dense tree with rounded and spreading shape.

My home has a long needle pine tree that has lost an excessive number of needles this season compared to previous years. I noticed that there is a white scale on the needles — both last years ...

They provide free mulch every autumn for use in landscape beds. ... its pine canopy. As owner of a retail garden center, I see that customers buy probably 500 hardwood trees for every one pine tree.

Each season, a pine tree can lose up to one-third of its needles in this very natural and expected way. In a healthy tree, the needles that drop are located more toward the interior of the tree.

Raised garden beds offer advantages over traditional in-ground gardening, especially for those with soil issues or limited mobility. When selecting the best materials, consider factors like rot ...

Consumer Reports evaluated Christmas tree scented candles because a convincing one can help your artificial tree fake it till it makes it. Ad-free. Influence-free.

Garden column: The decline of the white pine. Pat Smith. Guest Columnist. The tree was in its early 20’s. ... Maine had so many pine trees it came to be called the Pine Tree State.

Garden advice: How to combat pine tree pests, sequoia pitch moths. Carol Savonen. Special to the Statesman Journal. Question: We have a warty looking pitchy growth on our pine trees.