Mulching

North Georgia Turf Pros Mulch & Pine Straw Flower Beds, Open Bed Areas & Tree Rings. Pine straw is freely available in areas with pine trees and is inexpensive to purchase in bales. Pine straw mulch benefits are plentiful and said to help create ideal conditions for acid-loving plants. Some would argue that they may even help acidify alkaline soils, although this has been highly debated, dependent on your location and current soil conditions. Many gardeners find the constant pine needles under their trees an unsightly mess, but using pine straw for garden mulch is effective for winter protection and a host of other uses. Pine straw is simply the dropped dry foliage from pine trees. It is cheaper than bark mulch by approximately .10 cents per square foot, plentiful and more beneficial than bark mulch