Re: JIs

	My husband is the pine needle collector around here and he uses 
	a bamboo lawn rake and then puts them in bushel baskets. I suppose
	a battery-operated vac could be used??? 

	Ellen Gallagher, Lancaster, New Hampshire - Zone 3 - in the heart
	                 of the White Mtn. Nat'l. Forest
		
	
On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Kay Cangemi wrote:	

> >        Since I am almost a novice grower of JI's, I hesitate to 'reveal'
> >what I do - but - we are very lucky in having a fairly acidic soil and
> >I do use a pine needle mulch which I have been doing for years before I
> >even heard of JI's.  We live surrounded by pine trees and we collect the
> >needles by the bushel.
> >
> I have a good source of pine needles, a row of white pines. However, I have
> a terrible time raking the stuff up. Is there a better way than a plain old
> garden rake? It seems I have to  rake up every needle set individually.
> 
> BTW, anybody around Dutchess Co. NY who wants the stuff can have it for the
> raking :)
> 
> 
> Kay Cangemi
> Mid-Hudson Valley NY, USDA zone 5
> Cangemi@mhv.net
> 
> 
>
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