They look like straw, which gives this mulch its name - pine straw.
Like other types of mulch, pine straw offers many benefits for the home garden.
Although pine straw is lightweight, it doesn't blow away or wash away as easily as wood chips do.
With its attractive appearance, low cost, green harvesting process and benefits to the garden soil, pine straw mulch is a great mulch alternative.
Pine needle mulch comes from the actual needles of pine trees, and also goes by the name of pine straw.
