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The ‘brown gold’ that falls from pine trees in North Carolina
Washington Post ^ | March 31, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. | Todd C. Frankel

Posted on 05/30/2021 6:49:50 AM PDT by deport

There is a saying among some farmers in the Carolina Sandhills: “A man would have to be a fool to cut down a longleaf pine.”

It’s not because the gangly-limbed tree is particularly beautiful. The pine doesn’t have a magnolia’s flowers or an oak’s shade.

He could get $4,000 an acre for clear-cutting his mature longleaf pines for timber. Or, he said, he could earn $1,200 an acre collecting pine needles from the same trees — every year.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Gardening
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; gardening; longleafpine; mulch; needles; pinestraw; timber; toddcfrankel; trees; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Brian Griffin
People with money can be very destructive.

why does this forum so often have such bias against the rich? The one just a few days ago about the guy in Missouri who cut down some shitty pine trees (it’s a pine tree trigger) that were on a national trail blocking his view had posters wishing he’d lose his home and be fined a million Austin Powers dollars...for the weed of trees ...not like some Methuselah live oak or sequoyah were lost......freeper scold trigger pull is always just a an ounce or so...

freeper eat the rich on parade

41 posted on 05/30/2021 10:24:34 AM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: blam
begin with poor, sandy soil.

It explains the pines in NJ, too. Kicking myself now. My property was filled with pines. I cursed about those pine needles every time we raked. And now I read that I could've sold that stuff?

42 posted on 05/30/2021 10:46:14 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: lodi90

IT’s used in SC extensively but I prefer shredded pine bark mulch because it looks much better for a far longer period of time.


43 posted on 05/30/2021 10:51:29 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: Tired of Taxes

“And now I read that I could’ve sold that stuff?”

Your pine needles are not the same as the ones down South. The used in landscaping there are probably 3 times longer than what you are used to.


44 posted on 05/30/2021 10:53:20 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: carriage_hill

“Watch out for ticks, as they love pine needle straw nests.”

Also loved by little red ants that bite like bug red ants as well as spiders.


45 posted on 05/30/2021 10:55:25 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: Hatteras

“...pine straw bales at Home Depot.”

That’s definitely a regional product. Never heard of it!


46 posted on 05/30/2021 10:56:43 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Brian Griffin

“The pine cones are a large and plentiful problem.”

Ron thru a chipper and they make great mulch.


47 posted on 05/30/2021 10:57:25 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: billyboy15

Ah, I see what you mean. Yes, those needles are much longer.


48 posted on 05/30/2021 10:58:39 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Mariner

49 posted on 05/30/2021 11:24:09 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: deport

Excellent video about the longleaf pine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWG7raBlT8&ab_channel=SmarterEveryDay2


50 posted on 05/30/2021 11:32:31 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Tom Tetroxide
Loblolly Pines
51 posted on 05/30/2021 12:07:40 PM PDT by blam
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To: Brian Griffin
The pine cones are a large and plentiful problem.

Pine cones are great for starting your fire. Gather those that have a lot of pine sap on them. Give the other cones to a senior citizens center. Some hobbyists like to make pine cone wreaths.

52 posted on 05/30/2021 12:14:36 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Clutch Martin

Coffee grounds as well


53 posted on 05/30/2021 12:32:14 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: blam

That area is stunningly beautiful. Been there many times.


54 posted on 05/30/2021 1:01:33 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Clutch Martin
"azaleas like oak leaves too."

High acid soil.

55 posted on 05/30/2021 1:17:04 PM PDT by blam
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To: sauropod
"That area is stunningly beautiful. Been there many times."

Some there claim to live in LA. (Lower Alabama)

Anyway...

- Roll Tide -

56 posted on 05/30/2021 1:20:46 PM PDT by blam
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To: billyboy15

True dat.


57 posted on 05/30/2021 1:59:27 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: ml/nj

Go to archive.is, put in the link and hit archive.

https://archive.is/lwFp5


58 posted on 05/30/2021 4:19:51 PM PDT by AnonymousConservative (DO NOT send me sensitive information, I am under domestic surv coverage, and they will see it too.)
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To: deport

I hate pine trees! If they have had pine borers get under the bark, they make the sap run and eventually the tree dies. I told some people if I ever have my own place, I would get rid of the pine trees!


59 posted on 05/30/2021 8:42:24 PM PDT by NCSUgirl4ever
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To: Brian Griffin

Crafters buy pine cones...


60 posted on 06/04/2022 3:01:06 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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