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Last one!!! Thanks!!:waving:

 

very nice work

 

Looks like Knob Hill. Good Work.

 

What is this hay looking stuff that looks like it would burn like gas if someone threw a cigarette into it. Not much a fan of that but good job on bushes.

 

Looks good!

 

It all looks good! I understand the use of pine straw, I'm just not a fan of it!

 

Nice work.

 

I'v never seen pine needles bailed like that. Ours just have two strings that go around them. They come in a rectangle.

 

What is this hay looking stuff that looks like it would burn like gas if someone threw a cigarette into it. Not much a fan of that but good job on bushes.

I'm not a fan of the straw etheir glad people don't request it around here. How do you trim the grass around it without being all up in it? With mulch you (if done right) have a nice bed edge to seperate the two. Good work on the rest.

 

agreed. All in all the work looks nice. I just dont like the look of the pine straw. Kind of just makws everything look a little sloppy.

 

awww the dreaded pine straw, hate the stuff, but lookn good for everything else.

 

I'm not a fan of the straw etheir glad people don't request it around here. How do you trim the grass around it without being all up in it? With mulch you (if done right) have a nice bed edge to seperate the two. Good work on the rest.

Same goes with pine straw. Still has a nice bed edge to separate the 2. Trim it like everything else. Easier to work with than mulch. Mulch washes away to quickly. Pine straw water runs right through it.

I like both.

 

If we did a clean up on that house first thing we probably do is clean up and get rid of all that ugly pine straw or hay.

 

Cut a bed edge like you do with mulch and tuck the edges in... Same end result as mulch yet the mess will mulch up with a mower unlike mulch thrown in the yard with a string trimmer or edger

 

Nice man, that's some good lookin' straw.

 

Up here people pay us to clean white pine needles up twice per yr!!! It's so different what customers want in diff parts o the us!!

 

Landscapers down here love pine needles because its an easy way for them to make it look like they made raised beds, when they really didnt. Some love the look, i too lime the look but you have to out them out twice a year for the color to last and they do burn so no go for commercial areas and some cities are starting to catch on as well... Iread that raleigh, nc has written them into the code for apartments.

 

Thank you all for the opinions, good and bad.

Pine straw to me, personally, is easier to fool with than mulch. I also have a few yards that I mulch as well. As far as the general maintenance goes, pine straw is much easier. As some have said, mulch can get very messy when trimming, etc. It is also easier to spray weeds and re-cover them with straw that has already been layed than mulch. Too each his own, I am just a fan of pinestraw. I tend to make a little more money on straw as well. But as far as general maintennce, IMO, straw is easier. And im a fan of it being as easy as possible in the 102+ humid days we have been having. Got to love these dog days in Georgia.

 

I'm glad pinestraw isn't sold in Oz. I don't understand that stuff. I spose some people think it looks neat, but to me, I don't see anything but a severe fire hazard. It's even argued to have an effect on soil pH.

 

If we did a clean up on that house first thing we probably do is clean up and get rid of all that ugly pine straw or hay.

Im the same looks like a fire hazard to me

 

Pine straw is what is used in most GA homes like the one mentioned. I use it at my house. Pine straw looks really good when it is first applied. The problem is most people only reapply it every 2 years. It needs to be done2X a year. I like to 'freshen up' my straw by adding a few bales spread thinly every other month.

Sadly, landscaping is often the last thing on the to do list when selling a home. People get so caught up on the inside and blow through their budget.

The first thing a potential h/o sees is the outside of the house. If it doesn't jive, it will be another strike.