Bite-sized informative updates on gardening solutions, basics, garden myths and other subjects of interest to gardeners both new and experienced. From the popular Empress of Dirt website (empressofdirt.net), home of creative and frugal ideas for your backyard garden.
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Is it Safe to Use Paper in the Garden?
Many gardeners put paper overtop of a lawn to create a new garden bed. Or add paper to their compost pile. Is it safe?
Horticultural Oil: How Does it Work? Is it Safe?
You hear it suggested a lot in gardening circles as a pesticide and maybe even to prevent diseases, but what is horticultural oil and how does it work?
Why You Can't Have True Blue Roses (and Many Other Popular Flowers)
Blue flowers do exist in nature, but not in many of our most popular flowers. And it's even been a struggle for scientists to create them.
Using Human Urine in the Garden -- Benefits and Risks
It's not for everyone, but human urine in the garden has lots of enthusiasts. Urine contains lots of nitrogen and several other essential nutrients, but it also has some things that aren't so good for plants.
Monarch Butterflies and the Garden (Part 2): Milkweed
We've all heard that we should be planting more milkweed to help a declining number of monarchs, but some reports say they're actually doing fine without our help.
Monarch Butterflies and the Garden (Part 1): Migration
They've become poster children for the global decline in insect numbers and they face significant threats. How might we be able to help monarchs in our garden?
Attracting Dragonflies to Your Garden
They're big and colorful -- powerful fliers that stand out in a crowd. And they eat mosquitoes. What can we do to attract dragonflies to our garden?
Can We Sequester More Carbon in Our Garden -- and Should We?
Keeping carbon out of the air and in our garden can help the environment, but can we keep carbon sequestered and have healthy soil at the same time?
How Plants Capture Carbon and Help the Environment
Carbon sequestration is one way our plants help the environment -- by taking carbon out of the air and holding on to it or putting it in the soil.
Growing Oak Trees from Acorns
They aren't the world's fastest-growing trees, but you can start with an acorn and -- with some patience -- end up with a tree that supports a diverse range of wildlife in your garden.