The last two trips north my mom has brought up bales of pine needle mulch for my neighbor who has an extensive hosta collection.....and slug problem. It worked so well for her I decided to try it. One of my other neighbors has three large pines that border my yard. I usually grumble about the pine needles on my yard. Now I am thankful for them! It was an extra large harvest since we had that wind storm in the beginning of the week.