🌲Vegetables rarely thrive beneath large pines.
🌲Heavy shade blocks the sun.
🌲Roots steal water and nutrients.
🌲Pine needles make the soil more acidic.
🌲Better suited for acid-loving plants like blueberries or certain herbs.
All above is true and the challenge is to grow vegetables and herbs beneath a large pinetree. I decided to build a raised permaculture bed. The spot is a rather hopeless one but we have what we have, right?
Teaming up at the Botanical Garden, Stockholm University for inspiration.
Lecture on permaculture gardening by science teacher Sara at Södertörns friskola.
Together with colleagues from Spain Romania and Turkiye after the lecture on the use of digital media and screen addiction by professor Lisa Thorell at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna.
A small garden design plan showing labeled planting areas with lavender, sage, echinacea, roses, and monarda around a central evergreen. A bench and trees frame the space, creating a calm, pollinator-friendly rest area.
