Pine Needles

 This past week we camped at Fountain of Life Lutheran in Kernersville, North Carolina. Thank you FOL family for a great stay.
 
The youth have a fund raiser throughout the early spring - selling Pine Needle Bales! At $4.50 per bale this has proved to be a good way for the youth to earn money for their annual mission trip. There was a steady stream of customers all afternoon.

I have not been traveling so long that I do not recall raking pine needles - they lodge themselves in the rake tines, and in the end I always decided that the trees were fine with dead needles scattered around and the grass would probably grow in spite of the needles. If only I had thought to make pine bales. Not likely.