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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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Mar 30, 2020
It's a question that's been asked for millennia. So you might reasonably think that we'd have a conclusive answer by now.
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Mar 27, 2020
Some fun facts about our little garden friends. For one, they're the only bird that can really hover ... but they can't walk.
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Mar 24, 2020
In much of the U.S. and Canada, we will soon be welcoming hummingbirds back to our gardens. When will they arrive and how can we prepare?
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Mar 21, 2020
Spring is going to be different this year, but plants and birds will carry on as if nothing has happened and there's lots to keep you busy.
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Mar 18, 2020
It may be the only good news we're getting this week, but it's the beginning of spring and gardens will soon be blooming.
READ MORE at Empress of Dirt: Fling Into Spring With The Spring Gardening Checklist