The weather is shaping up to be perfect this weekend for raking pine needles and creating defensible space in honor of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. The Al Tahoe Firewise Community in South ...

If you have pine trees in your yard, you know just how many needles wind up falling from them every year. While some homeowners just rake them up, others want to find a way to use the needles in their ...

I’ve noticed the pines are starting to drop their older needles. This, of course, brings out the gardeners to rake up the needles. The question is: What do you do with them? I’ve heard several times ...

One regional expert says that tedious chore of raking leaves can be left until the end of fall. “It’s actually kind of disgusting how easy this can be,” said Mike Goatley, an extension turf grass ...

Each spring after the snow melts, Tahoe goes about its annual ritual of raking pine needles. Like a huge, syncopated orchestra, neighbors stuff the fruits of their labor in garbage bags and stack them ...

At this time of year, when pine trees are shedding their old needles, my neighbors Mark and Olga are happy to have me rake up the needles that fall from their trees onto the street and their driveway, ...

Q: I'm attaching a picture of the Tannenbaum Mugo Pine tree in my front yard. In October, when the photo was taken, the needles started to turn yellow and the branches dropped a lot of needles. Do you ...