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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.

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How Companion Planting Might Work Jun 15, 2020

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Current evidence may be skimpy, but there's reason to think that there could be something to companion planting.

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Companion Planting: A First Look Jun 12, 2020

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It's a gardening practice that has won a lot of supporters over the years -- and plenty of skeptics too. What is companion planting and how might it help in the garden?

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Removing Weeds From Your Garden Jun 09, 2020

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When your prevention efforts fail -- and they will -- then what? It helps to know a few things about the weeds you're trying to remove.

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Don't Accidentally Add Weeds to Your Garden Jun 06, 2020

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Weed seeds can sneak into your garden with anything you put in or on your soil. Also: one easy way to get rid of many weeds.

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How to Get Fewer Weeds Jun 02, 2020

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You'll never prevent weeds from getting to your garden, but there are things you can do to reduce the number you get.

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Weeds in Your Garden May 30, 2020

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Botanically, there's no such thing as weeds, but even the most upbeat gardener can get a little down in the dumps thinking about weeds they've done battle with.

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Is Biochar Right for Your Garden? May 27, 2020

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It gets very impassioned recommendations as a way to help your garden and the earth. So what is biochar and should we be using it in our garden?

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Do You Need to Use Fertilizer? May 23, 2020

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The two most important points for gardeners to know about plant nutrition and fertilizer.

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Fertilizers: Organic vs Synthetic May 20, 2020

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When we want to add nutrients to our soil we can choose between organic fertilizer and synthetic fertilizer. So, what's the difference?

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Questionable Fertilizer Formulas May 17, 2020

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For growing plants in soil, you cannot know what nutrients to add -- if any -- without knowing what's already there.

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