Dirt is what politicians try to sweep under the carpet. Every garden nurtured, vegetables, fruit and grain raised, forest and prairie that flourish all grow in soil.
2015 International Year of Soils -- Don't Call It Dirt
Are there any uses for old Christmas trees? Certainly! Most municipalities chip the collected discarded décor, using the shredded material as mulch in parks and plantings. Home gardeners can use them to protect rhododendron and other young broadleaf evergreens from winter winds. More exotic uses include spruce collected by Garrison Brewery, Halifax, Nova Scotia to brew into traditional spruce beer. Needles from Douglas firs have been suggested for sterilizing nano devices destined for medical applications, according to the International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
