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There's always something new to learn about gardens and gardening!

Welcome to Empress of Dirt's Two Minutes in the Garden. In bite-sized informative updates—two minutes and some seconds each—we cover a wide range of topics from gardening basics to current research and assessing myths and folklore. Listen to all previous episodes below!

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Jun 30, 2021

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Jun 26, 2021

Why would we ever want to wound our plants? Can we really get more growth by cutting parts off? And what about more blooms?

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Jun 21, 2021

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Jun 14, 2021

It's a popular organic insecticide touted for being effective on caterpillars and harmless to people. How does it work? And does it live up to its billing?

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Jun 9, 2021

Some plants have developed flowers that send a message to pollinators -- hey come check this out, you won't be disappointed.

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