Thank you @porters. I feel so fortunate to have always lived in such remote/rural places where there's so much nature to inspire me. I'll write more on the pine pollen this weekend. We haven't perfected a system. I know some people sit buckets down and just passively capture some of what falls. Others stick a bucket over the male cones and remove them from the tree carefully.

Some people also harvest cones younger and use those as well as gathering the pollen. I found a video recently that I'll try to find again for you. Apparently, pine pollen is high in testosterone. I've been doing a whole pile of research trying to get a better understanding of the health benefits.

Pine pollen is also a complete protein with 22 amino acids. Containing more than 100 enzymes, and more than 15 vitamins and 30 minerals, along with all the essential fatty acids. It’s also the richest known source for testosterone boosting plant sterols and brassinosteroids.