Come summer, a group of women in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh comb a nearby forest to gather dead pine needles that the trees have shed. Strapping huge bundles on their backs, they lug ...

It’s finally fall, and in Spokane, that means it’s time for the ponderosa pine’s annual molt of long, brown needles. Now that our yards are buried, what can you do with them? Pine needles make an ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dealing with a plethora of pine needles from your conifer trees? Despite being evergreens, pine trees eventually shed some of their needles — ...

Present in abundance in Himachal, pine needles, which are usually left unused and cause forest fires, are now serving a better purpose. Rural women in the state are using this nature’s gift to make ...