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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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Starting Seeds: Temperature and Planting Depth Feb 12, 2020

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Continuing our look at what you need to provide your seeds in the stages leading up to germination.

READ MORE at Empress of Dirt: Seed Starting for Beginners: Sow Inside Grow Outside

Starting Seeds Indoors: What Seeds Need Feb 09, 2020

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Part one of a series on starting seeds indoors. We start off start off with a look at when to start seeds and what they need to germinate.

READ MORE at Empress of Dirt: Seed Starting for Beginners: Sow Inside Grow Outside

Germination: Where Seeds Become Seedlings Feb 06, 2020

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When we start plants from seeds, our first goal is germination. And it usually happens ... even though plants have developed a range of ways to block it.

READ MORE from Empress of Dirt: Seed Starting for Beginners: Sow Inside Grow Outside

Seeds: The Embryo of the Plant Feb 03, 2020

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We know seeds are important for gardeners, but much of the world's nutrition also comes from seeds.

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: Seed Starting for Beginners: Sow Inside Grow Outside

How a Tomato is a Fruit and a Vegetable Jan 30, 2020

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Some of our vegetables are fruits, most of the nuts we eat aren't nuts and our berries aren't berries -- but a tomato is.

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: Starting a Garden From Scratch (Yearly Photos)

How Flowering Plants Create Seeds Jan 28, 2020

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Starting off a look at seeds: why they're important and how they form in most of the plants in your garden.

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: 40 Unique Container Gardening Ideas

Supporting Mycorrhizal Fungi in Your Soil Jan 27, 2020

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What can you do in your garden to protect and encourage the mycorrhizal fungi in your soil?

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: How to Grow Citrus Trees from Seed (Easy Method)

Should You Buy Mycorrhizal Inoculants? Jan 24, 2020

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They help most of the plants in your garden, but does that mean you should buy more mycorrhizal fungi to add to your soil?

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: The Beauty of the Fibonacci Sequence in the Garden

How Your Garden Benefits from Mycorrhiza Jan 21, 2020

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Improving your plants' access to phosphorus and other nutrients is just one of many ways mycorrhizal fungi help your garden.

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: 25 Planter Ideas for Porches and Front Gardens

How Mycorrhizal Fungi Help Plants Grow Jan 18, 2020

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Most of the plants in your garden benefit from a partnership with fungi in the soil -- something we want to protect as gardeners.

READ THE LATEST from Empress of Dirt: Starting a Garden From Scratch (Yearly Photos)

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