On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 19:06:51 GMT, "David J Bockman"
wrote:

I've read this folk tale several times in the past few weeks. Composted pine
needles are almost neutral in pH. Thank you, that is all.

Dave

Umm who would compost them first? How about ones picked up off the
forest floor, or under your own trees, and plunked down in the
blueberry patch?

I've seen many references to Oak leaves, and how you shouldn't use
them in your compost bins as it makes the compost too acid. I thought
GREAT when I saw that, and thought where I could find some oak leaves
as I'm WEST of the rockies in the alkaline ground and water world!

I figure pretty much anything that's acid would make good mulch in the
blueberry patch! ;-) Well, not anything, some things would have to
be laced with nitrogen to keep it from robbing it from the soil as it
decomposed.