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**Two Minutes in the Garden: Gardening Tips, Science, Myths**

Bite-sized informative updates on gardening basics, solutions, myths, news 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.

Latest Episodes:

Should Tomatoes Go in the Refrigerator? Sep 26, 2020

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We found the usual advice not to put potatoes in the fridge was iffy, but what about their close relatives -- tomatoes?

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Overwinter Potted Trees in a Cold Climate

Do Potatoes Belong in the Refrigerator? Sep 23, 2020

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The usual advice given to gardeners is not to store potatoes in the fridge. But is this good advice and what is it based on?

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: Get a Better Spring Garden With These Fall Tasks

Storing Potatoes Safely Sep 20, 2020

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How should you store potatoes and how long will they keep? And is it safe to eat green potatoes?

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How Nature Tells Us It's Fall Bulb Planting Time

When to Harvest Potatoes Sep 17, 2020

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They're the world's most popular vegetable. End of the season is the time to harvest mature potatoes, but you have to be careful when you do.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Grow a Pollinator-Friendly Front Garden Without Freaking Out Your Neighbors

Growing Chard in Your Garden Sep 12, 2020

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It may not the world's best known vegetable, but Swiss chard is a favorite for many gardeners all through the fall.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How To Save Tomato Seeds From The Fruit

Choosing Plants for Alternative Lawns Sep 07, 2020

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If not chosen carefully, plants for alternative lawns can end up being mushy or patchy and needing frequent reseeding. And you'll probably want a mix of several different kinds.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Replace Lawn With Wildflower Seed Mix

Lawn Alternatives: What Will the Neighbors Think? Sep 04, 2020

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Some lawn alternatives can be pretty wild -- maybe too wild for your neighbours or your neighbourhood, but there are way to help manage that.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Replace Lawn With Wildflower Seed Mix

The Search For Alternative Lawns Sep 01, 2020

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When we talk about alternative lawns, we could mean an alternative TO a lawn -- such as a meadow -- or an alternative FORM of something we'd still recognize as a lawn. You can take either path.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Replace Lawn With Wildflower Seed Mix

BOOKS mentioned in this episode:

Tapestry Lawns by Lionel Smith
Lawns Into Meadows by Owen Wormser

Lawns: Both Loved and Loathed Aug 29, 2020

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We're less obsessed today with the traditional "perfect lawn" -- and the water and chemicals needed to achieve it. But lawns aren't going away -- and there's increased interest in alternative kinds of lawns.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: How to Replace Lawn With Wildflower Seed Mix

Roots We Use to Make New Plants Aug 25, 2020

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We rely on adventitious roots for plant propagation -- as does the horticultural industry. Sometimes we force them and with some plants they happen naturally.

NEW FROM Empress of Dirt: Complete Fall Gardening Checklist (Free Printable)

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