No, no, Donuel... It's not pine needles... Its finely (fines) ground up pine bark... It is a wonderful soil ammendment... Comes in bags like mulch...

Here's the mix:

1/2 clay and whatever top soil comes outta the hole
3/8 Pione fines
1/8 Permatil

BTW, here's somethin' you might not know... Clay has alot of nutients in it that just neeed to be unlocked... The Permitil does just that...

B~