I think he's talking about pine needles, sold commercially for mulch/decoration.
--- On Sat, 10/3/09, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Beth Koebel <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ashburnham spruce To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 5:03 PM Hey Will, What are you refering to when you talk about straw? I only know about the straw from wheat fields. Beth Trees are the answer.--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: In recent years the trend has reversed with many former ag fields being planted in slash under the CRP program in anticipated of the burgeoning straw market. Slash produces much superior straw than Loblolly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
