How many of you have ever thought about this? Anyone call it out in your reports? A fireman told me recently that pine straw is especially hazardous because people entering the home toss their cigarettes into the landscaping mulch, creating an accelerated fire that quickly leaps up the siding (vinyl is especially hazardous), through the soffit and into the attic.
I inform my clients of Mulch, Pine Straw and so on. Mostly because because of a picnic table for termites. Good point Joe. I recommend synthetic mulch or river stone as alternative .