I haven't tried mulching veggies with pine needles, but think it would work just fine as long as your soil is not already on the verge of being too acidic for most vegetables. (Pine needles tend to be acidic in nature so are often used as mulch for acid-loving plants like azaleas and camellias.)

Jake, pine needles will not work well in your garden, but they do work great in mine. Just email me your address and I'll be right over! LOL. I have slightly acidic soil, and use them everywhere, thick enough to hold down dampened sheets of newspaper. Love 'em. I only dampen the sheets of newspaper to give me a fighting chance of keeping them in place until I get the needles down.

Free is good. Feel free to use the ones I leave behind!

Seedmama

Ladies,

Thank you for your insight and advice. Seedmama, it is very suspicious how they will only work in your garden, they are now working fine in mine. The mulch even stayed put in 67 mph winds we had here, NW Oklahoma County. It seems that the endless wind is dead set against us gardeners.

Jake

Oh, busted. Glad they are working out for you!

They work great. The only thing I hate is that they poke my fingers. I also won't use them on lettuce again. It was impossible to sort out of my baby mesclun mix.