From our farm to you.
Longleaf pinestraw grown, raked, delivered and installed by one family — from our tree farm in Lexington and Aiken County to your beds.
Tuesday, October 20 · 3:00 pm · Pelion, SC
Come see where your pinestraw comes from
Most people only ever see the bale. Come see the years of work in the woods behind it — longleaf stands from fresh cutover to full maturity, the burning, mowing and spraying that get a stand ready, and raking and baling in a stand in full production.
The Longleaf Tree Farm Tour is a Lexington County Forest Landowners Association and Clemson Extension field meeting hosted by the Moody family and Southern Pinestraw Supply. Free and open to everyone; the meeting address comes with your registration.
Rooted in longleaf
Longleaf pine once covered millions of acres across the South. It grows on only a fraction of that ground today, though it's making a comeback — and our family's history with longleaf began in the 1990s when we started growing it on our tree farm in Lexington and Aiken County. We're the Moody family, and Billy Moody runs Southern Pinestraw Supply.
We count ourselves privileged to be stewards of this land. We're active in the SC Tree Farm Association, the Lexington County Forest Landowners Association, and other organizations dedicated to managing our forests well. Man's first vocation was to tend a garden — nature isn't meant to be left "natural" but cultivated and maintained. Our aim is to do that with excellence on the portion of Creation under our care.
Our Longleaf Tree Farm Tour shows that stewardship on the ground, from fresh cutover to stands in full production.
Managing longleaf means managing pinestraw.
Longleaf drops needles a little all year, then heavily in late summer and again in the fall. Our operation started by supplying pinestraw harvesters; today we rake, bale, deliver and install it ourselves, direct to you. We deliver and install for homeowners throughout the Midlands, and we serve HOAs, businesses, landscapers, and wholesale by the trailer load.
The pinestraw we sell is raked almost entirely from our own farm, and managing those stands is the work behind the product.
Whether we're managing the longleaf forest or installing pinestraw at your home, our aim is excellence and integrity in all we do.
Learn more about longleaf
For the history, ecology, and restoration of longleaf, we recommend the Longleaf Alliance. To learn how to steward your own forest well, reach out to SC Tree Farm or your local Clemson Extension agent.
If you own land and have questions about longleaf or pinestraw, we're happy to help. Give us a call at (803) 394-0361.