My first memory of pine trees are the black-and-white trees depicted in the guó huà, a traditional Chinese painting, that hung on my grandmother’s wall. The calligraphy below the painting read, “xue ...

Brooms can be made from a variety of material such as broomcorn sorghum, straw, and plastic. Ones that are full-sized help us keep the home clean and tidy, but what about the often overlooked hand ...

A bottle of pine essential oil sits next to a branch of pine needles - Madeleine_steinbach/Getty Images While evergreens are used in many ornamental forms during the holiday season — in fireside ...

There’s a special kind of power in pine, its scent, its strength, its ability to ground us when we’re feeling scattered. Making a DIY pine needle infused oil is one of the easiest ways to preserve ...

At this time of year, when pine trees are shedding their old needles, my neighbors Mark and Olga are happy to have me rake up the needles that fall from their trees onto the street and their driveway, ...

If you have pine trees in your yard, you know just how many needles wind up falling from them every year. While some homeowners just rake them up, others want to find a way to use the needles in their ...

Flagstaff is located in the largest continuous ponderosa pine forest in the world. We love those beautiful trees but all the fallen pine needles can be a challenge. Most people with ponderosa pines ...