On Sat, 22 May 2004 23:36:22 -0400, "Ray Drouillard"
wrote:

We are planting a garden on the land that we just bought. The soil is a
really sandy loam where we are putting the garden (it's a whole lot more
sandy than loam on most of the rest of the property).

We need some heavy mulch to make this work.

We have five or six acres of planted red pine forest.

If we rake up a bunch of needles and use them to mulch the garden, will
that cause any problems?

One thing to remember is that pine needles are very flammable, so make sure you
keep them moist. I like using them as mulch, since they are nice and durable,
but they do burn fast and hot if they dry out. You might want to keep them away
from buildings, too, in case they do catch fire.