Pine has a serious effect on soil. That's part of its survival tactics. Make the soil too acidic for anything but pine to grow. This is why you don't see a lot of undergrowth wherever there's a lot of pine compared to just regular old trees. That means some of your nutrients are going to be high while the ones the pine uses are going to be lower except the pine needles cover the ground and decompose and if there's no pine growing where the needles fall, then it's effectively moving it from section of dirt to your plot.
In the meantime, could I interest you in pine needle tea? It's high in vitamin C.
Pine has a serious effect on soil. That's part of its survival tactics. Make the soil too acidic for anything but pine to grow. This is why you don't see a lot of undergrowth wherever there's a lot of pine compared to just regular old trees. That means some of your nutrients are going to be high while the ones the pine uses are going to be lower except the pine needles cover the ground and decompose and if there's no pine growing where the needles fall, then it's effectively moving it from section of dirt to your plot.
In the meantime, could I interest you in pine needle tea? It's high in vitamin C.
Actually this a garden at my parent's house in a space the builder had to dump 20 feet of topsoil like 40 years ago to fill the gap. That might explain why it is so excessively rich?