helping out with my neighbor down the road with garden plot. His area is 25ÃÂ7 pretty nice size, pretty good sun. Soil looked to be grown in before but not sure if vegetables or flowers. It seems like vegetables. Were going to add some Compost and give it a shot. There's a huge tree next door, some type of pine tree I believe. It nests all kinds of different species of birds, especially ones I've never seen before in the city. I seen a red headed wood pecker, anyways question is are these mabye different species of birds help by eating a lot of the bad bugs? I've asked this before just in general about the few I have by my garden, but just wondering if so many different types will help.

The pine needles below the tree, not even quite sure their actual name but are the beneficial in any way. Mulch? Compost?