Have a pine tree nearby? You’re only two steps away from a delicious wintery cocktail. Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021.

I visited a friend in Evanston last weekend whose home had several white pines. His white pines were also dropping lots of needles, leaving an attractive pine needle mulch on the beds under the trees.

According to a expert, pine needle mulch is good for garden soil but does nothing to the acidity. Pine needle mulch does not make soil more acidic because the acidity of the needles neutralizes as ...

If you are like me and enjoy trying out different kinds of herbal tea, you might appreciate a hot cup of fresh-brewed, homemade pine needle tea. Pine needle tea is packed full of a natural form of ...

As it’s getting colder and the leaves are starting to fall, it won’t be long before we start getting calls about brown needles on evergreens such as pines. We call them “evergreens” because they ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Early June, we received a white pine sample at the Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab that showed early season needle loss lower in the tree canopy (Figure 1, 2).

Evergreen trees and shrubs often alarm homeowners by losing needles in autumn. There’s usually no need for concern. “It’s part of the regular life cycle of these plants for some needles to turn yellow ...