You may recall my recent post in which I was waiting for a delivery of pine needles (aka: pine straw). Because there were some questions at the time about what I would be doing with them, I thought I'd snap a picture of my freshly mulched beds featuring pine straw. When they are first done the pine straw looks so nice and fluffy. In time it will flatten out and eventually break down completely. Since we didn't get any last year, ours had become almost non-existent leaving lots of tree roots and red dirt showing. Not a nice look :/
While I was taking pictures I noticed that the hostas will soon be blooming. Oh how I love this time of year in the garden.
Something new every day.
Kim
ReplyDeleteI love a mulch around the base of flowers too.
Sweet little boy and girl statue!
It does look nice. We had our 4 large white pines cut down this spring and I remember what a nuisance the pine needles were under them when they shed every year. We'd bag them up and put them at the roadside. I guess we could have used them for mulch all those years! For free!!! :)
ReplyDeletemulch just makes a bed look so much nicer. hubby and I want to try our hand at hostas! love their foliage.
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Your pine needles really do make pretty mulch. We don't have very many evergreen trees in this part of the country, so our mulch is different. Speaking of that, I need to get some more spread in the garden, to keep all these weeds at bay. I LOVE the scent of blooming hostas. I've always thought the blooms looked like a fairy's wedding gown.
ReplyDeleteIt really does look so nice to have pine straw or mulch covering the soil. And it keeps the moisture in, too! I love hostas but it's too hot down here for them! Enjoy your week! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Do the pine needles prevent slugs eating the hostas? Hostas are beautiful but I don't grow them because of the slugs and snails.
ReplyDeleteYes, the pine needles are supposed to help keep the dreaded slugs at bay. I won't say I never see any, but it does seem to help.
DeleteThat looks nice...I have access to lots of free pine needles...are they treated for ants? Yes, the garden is fun at this time of year. Keep enjoying yours? What comes after the hostas bloom? ( My iPad really wants hostages to bloom...gheesh!)
ReplyDeleteNot sure if they are treated for ants or not. I have never noticed an instant ant infestation after having them delivered, so I tend to think maybe they have.
DeleteMany things here have already bloomed, but the coneflowers and black-eyed Susans are just getting started and the Crape Myrtles should be any time now.
I like the pine covering! There is a hostas in my neighbor's garden that keeps leaning over our way. It's very resilient!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are staying cool, Kim!
When I lived in TX, we had so many pine trees and pine needles gathered in every nook and cranny.
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Your hostas look pretty with the pine straw as mulch. I've not had much luck with hostas, but then we had that drought last year and it was hard on so many of my flowers. Luckily most of the perennials survived...but not the hostas. I didn't replant them this year.
ReplyDeleteI like the look. At my new house there are lots of pine trees that line the property. I'll have to rake some of those pine needles up and use them.
ReplyDeleteYour gardens...I never tire of the pictures you share. For the first time, we planted hostas this summer, but I dream of the day they look as healthy and full as yours do. I like the little figurine with the pink flowers. So pretty!
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