There are both long and short needle pine straw. I do believe that price included spreading it though, and they did a nice job. So as you can see this price can vary quite a bit. I have been quoted $4 – $4.75 within the last couple of months. I asked how much they charge per bale and was quoted $6 per bale. They said no they only have an amount for a specific job. I had previously stopped at a house within the neighborhood that was having pine straw delivered and asked if they had any extra in their truck. Angelo at the time quoted me $3.75 per bale. I found his name by using the search bar within my local group on Facebook. If you are in the area south of Atlanta, I’d recommend a guy named Angelo Walker. I ended up moving about 30 wheelbarrows over to the area and then leveling it. There were many sticks mixed in which made it difficult to load into a wheelbarrow.
Pine straw free#
Given this was free chipped bark, it wasn’t all uniform and finely chopped. Although it isn’t the ideal material to create a berm, it was free and will work in this situation. I was not concerned with using the chipped wood on the hill, even after reading about the termites as it was away from the house. In order to keep it fresh looking, a new application is unfortunately an annual thing. I wanted to use it to create a little more of a hillside on my landscape before I put down any pine straw this year. I gave them my address and my phone number so they could text me, and they did.Īnyway they ended up dropping off a truck load of this chipped wood. This year in working with my landscape area I had a tree trimming company offer to deliver a free truck load of chipped bark to an area convenient to their work site.
Well I have done this 3 times now, and have yet to see a snake in my pine straw. I think one of the main reasons people hire someone else to do this job is because they are afraid of snakes.
Pine straw how to#
I am not at a point in my life of affording to pay a professional, so I needed to learn how to do it myself. Many people hire this job to be done professionally. I wanted to learn how to do the pine straw like a pro. While other areas looked neat and orderly and had a curved edge. In my observation of the landscapes within my area, some the pine straw was laid sloppy and had it going every which way and on top of bushes and plantings. In addition to it being termite resistant, it’s relatively inexpensive and easy to install. The termites don’t prefer pine straw as it has a low cellulose level, thus making it a good choice in southern landscapes. The thickness also keeps a degree of moisture in the soil which makes a nice living environment for termites. If it is greater than a 4-6” depth, termites can just walk over to a house foundation avoiding a termiticide. There’s also some information out there on the thickness of laying mulch. Pine straw is more termite resistant than chipped bark or wood mulch. It’s not a matter of if you’ll get termites, but when. I’ve read a few things about landscape materials in the south, and one of the reasons pine straw is recommended is that there are termites.
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