Whatever is usually termed as gardening, the craft and art of developing plants with a aim of making a magnificence
There is another type of landscaping where pine straws are used and just as the term infers, pine straw is a product of pine trees which shed needles every day of the year and when the needs hit the ground they are raked by hand and then baled after cleaning and there is no need to harm the tree by cutting the needles and these straws are a pleasant choice to make a mulching material and landscape that is environmentally friendly.If done in a proper manner, the pine straws stops the water to evaporate from the soil and decreases weed from growing and also assists to stop the soil erosion and compaction and the plant safeguards the plants from conditions of freezing and keeps the soil and the plants at a good constant temperature and what is more is that the pine straws improves the structure of soil while it is decaying.
There are many types of different pine straws in many places and the landscape to cover will actually be determined by the bale size, the type and the application depth and experts in landscaping give recommendation that the pine straws on the landscape should be augmented every year but if it is meant for decoration the application may be done twice every year so as to keep the landscape to look fresh and appealing.When applying the pine straws on the landscape it is important to use a pair of gloves because the needles may be prickly and it might be very hard for the bare hands to manage the application and the application of the pine straws only needs someone to untie the bales, and then take a handful of straws and shake the application on the desired location.Many home owners precise interest in using pine straws for landscaping is to prevent the growing of the weed and to make the landscape more appealing and beautiful and the pine straws should be at least 6 inches thick even though it is not necessarily in some places where there is a shade where there are trees but so because 3 inches my do as well but this decorative method may be used along the seating places and walkways as well as the benches.
It is important to note that the needles of pine straws tend to break down and by doing so acidifies the soil and makes them really exceptional for landscaping peat for plants which love the acid such as evergreens, holly, magnolias, dogwoods, ferns, gardenias, fuchsias, hydrangeas, azaleas, and trees.The pine straw should be evenly spread and it is important to ensure that the area is clean and that if there are weeds to use a wed preventor before doing the application of the pine straw needles.
Numerous organic matters are well known for being mulches in the landscape and have the capability to subdue the growth of weeds, and they conserve the soil’s moisture and they as well regulates the temperature of soil, and pine needles being a type of mulch tend to hold together an interlock and by doing so minimizes the soil erosion and they never wash away even when there is much rain and more so, the pine straws mulch is looser than the grass and the wood and leaves mulches and they break down more slowly and are attractive to the eye.
In the landscape there are normal features such as the terrain, elevation, shape, land forms, shape and elevation, or forms of water and the non concrete elements including lighting and the weather conditions.
