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Hi! We are Christy and Edith, backyard gardeners from Colorado. Lately, we have noticed more and more people picking our brains for tips and trouble-shooting about gardening. We think it’s kinda funny, because we’re not experts. We just learned a lot about gardening from the mistakes we made along the way. You always hear about Victory gardens – but what about all the garden failures? Gardening is about learning, experimenting and rolling with the punches. Every week we share our most epic garden failures and our biggest garden lessons. Most gardens are the result of trial and error. To reduce your chance of failure, join us in our gardens. And learn why you should plant your tulips butt side down. Winner of Best New Podcast at 2020 Colorado Podcast Awards!
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Kathryn and Christy get in costume to celebrate Halloween and the end of the garden season!
We dig into our herb book and get witchy with it! We share natural witchy herbal remedies from our gardens commonly used to offer some relief as we head into flu and cold season. Learn how to make all kinds of soothing tea from basil to echinacea to oregano to thyme! Why is garlic so prized in the healing world? And why we putting stuffed turkeys in our bathtub?
Pod Plays? Yup, we have stuffed this Halloween special with all the fan favorites that we only play during Halloween: The Killing Frost, Stranger Garden Things, Ichabod Grain and Silence of the Lamb’s Ear. The Squirrel is back destroying our pumpkins! And we have a BRAND NEW Halloween Pod Play just for the gardener.
A very special episode with shout outs to moist, mucus and intestinal worms. Just the way we like it. And we hope you do, too – Halloween is not the same if we can’t be witch you! (Insert cackle here!)
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Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Asters and marigolds are blooming, finches are enjoying sunflowers - and the harvest is finally coming in. We welcome Fall! And we scheme how to squeeze in a few extra weeks before Mother Nature decides to fully blanket us in snow. So, Kathryn and Christy have curated some of our favorite tips and tricks to fool Mother Nature. And not just in the Fall, but in ALL four seasons.
- How watering helps when Jack Frost is a’comin?
- The ins and outs of covering: What materials? When? Why uncover? How to anchor?
- What are the best plants to snatch away from Mother Nature – and how?
- How to fool Mother Nature in the winter with used milk jugs?
- Build a wall of water in early spring to get a head start!
- Don’t let Mother Nature hail on your parade in the summer.
Plus: A Squirrel Lawyer send Upside Down Tulips a cease and desist letter. Christy did it again and forgot about produce in the attic. Edith makes a surprise appearance. Mailbag (Ring, Ring!) delivers a letter and gives us hope and Alex Trebek schools us all. Lots of fun and info!
OnHilarious. Dynamic. Shocking. See Kathryn Gray, Michael Moore and Karen Slack in THE MINUTES directed by Christy Montour-Larson at Curious Theatre Company!
A Tapestry of Great Hits! See Leslie O'Carrol and Linsday Pierece in BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROL KING MUSICAL at the Arvada Center!
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Hello pumpkin season! Who has the guts to go there? Karen and Christy do! We pumpkin spice things up with an episode all about pumpkins: how to plant ‘em, how to take care of ‘em, how to use ‘em, how to cook ‘em, how to make your jack o’ lantern last longer… And how to get engaged?!
Karen is harvesting tomatoes and cooking them with a pig jaw. Christy is enjoying her fall flowers and can’t find her cucumbers. Karen can’t grow green beans and Christy can’t grow roma.
Johnny Hardscribble returns to share his love of sunflowers. Laura from Denver tells us how her sunflower circle turned out. And a great solution for squirrels! Fun, info, laughs and know-how just for the gardener. And wanna-be gardener!
Hilarious. Dynamic. Shocking. See Kathryn Gray, Michael Moore and Karen Slack in THE MINUTES directed by Christy Montour-Larson at Curious Theatre Company!
A Tapestry of Great Hits! See Leslie O'Carrol and Linsday Pierece in BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROL KING MUSICAL at the Arvada Center!
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Hungry? Great! Karen joins us and we have a bunch of recipes perfect for the gardener!
- Ratatouille: A wonderful harvest stew to serve with some crusty bread.
- Eggplant Parmesan: Karen’s Italian accent makes this recipe sound so mouthwatering!
- Roasted Tomato Soup: Find out what Christy’s secret ingredient is!
- Acorn Squash Gnocchi: You won’t believe how easy this recipe is.
- Gazpacho: A very special recipe from one of our favorite restaurants.
- Tomatillo Salsa: The coolest plant makes the most delicious salsa verde!
- Sauerkraut: All you need is cabbage, salt and squeezing. You know you want to try it yourself!
Plus: Find out how are gardens are surviving after the hailstorm. Who has amazing broccoli but terrible cabbage? Who has amazing cabbage but terrible broccoli? And what’s going on with Karen’s guinea pigs?!
Mail bag brings TWO letters from folks who didn’t plant very much and are either only feeding fairies or have to beat back the City and County folks. A beautiful inspiration from Karen shows how much food reveals our connection with the Earth.
Oh, and we’ve got some Pod Plays! Christy’s strange journey planting zucchini is brought to life with Karen as the cutest little zucchini of all time - in a brand-new pod play! Enjoy, dear gardeners!
Hilarious. Dynamic. Shocking. See Kathryn Gray, Michael Moore and Karen Slack in THE MINUTES directed by Christy Montour-Larson at Curious Theatre Company!
A Tapestry of Great Hits! See Leslie O'Carrol and Linsday Pierece in BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROL KING MUSICAL at the Arvada Center!
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
It's everybody's favorite true crime garden podcaster, Misty Contour, and her quest to find out who killed Edith's rosemary plant.
For the first time ever, our excellent, yet enigmatic engineer has pulled together ALL the episodes of Who Killed Rosemary and assembled them for your listening enjoyment. Including some great great garden tips!
Journey back with us to the beginnings of the death of Rosemary and the ever growing list of suspects: The Squirrel? The Yard Nazi? The Hair Stylist? Or what about June O’Hallorin, Master Gardener?
Enjoy the talents of some of the best actors in Denver: Edith Weiss, Karen Slack, Emma Messenger and Lindsey Pierce! And if you live around Denver and want to see some of your favorite Upside Down Tulips friends in some wonderful theatre, check out the link in the show notes.
Hilarious. Dynamic. Shocking. See Kathryn Gray, Michael Moore and Karen Slack in THE MINUTES directed by Christy Montour-Larson at Curious Theatre Company!
A Tapestry of Great Hits! See Leslie O'Carrol and Linsday Pierece in BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROL KING MUSICAL at the Arvada Center!
Thanks so much to the Garden Party - we couldn't do Upside Down Tulips without you! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards!
And if you have some thoughts on Who Killed Rosemary - click here to write to us!
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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
In this Encore Episode, we discuss the things that can happen to your tomatoes, the ‘risks’ as it were: blossom end rot, blossom drop, not setting fruit, not ripening, Septoria, early blight, late blight, middle aged blight (just kidding on that last one). We tell you how to fix what can be fixed and when to throw in the trowel and not beat yourself up about it. Cause it’s probably not your fault!
Plus, we weave in some special, fun Pod Plays all about tomatoes. Warming: May involve squirrels. Enjoy our gentle listeners and gardeners!
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Our gardens are looking great for June. Except it is August?! Ah well. Christy and Edith are eating lettuce. Lettuce is bolting. We prevent bolting with a lawn chair. We are harvesting garlic. We are trying new ways to peel garlic. Edith is planting onions. Christy forgot she planted onions. Plus, we celebrate what is reblooming and ponder where are all the Japanese beetles?
Then we jump in a fun topic: Veggies and flowers with more than one use.
- Find out the unique uses for other parts of garlic, chives and leeks.
- What plants are we growing that we purposely let go to seed?
- Don’t forget some plants you can eat more than the bottom – you can eat the tops, too!
- Did you know other parts of raspberry bush are edible?
- Are you eating stems and massaging your kale? You should!
- Who the heck is Euelle Gibbons?
- We are not done! Roses, Calendula, Lavender, Nasturtium & Marigolds
A Special Treat: Barbie and Robert Oppenheimer show up in a new pod play!
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Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Hail Yeah - Edith is here! She is making tea from Linden trees, compost from coffee and mulch from grass. Christy gets her delivery of bindweed mites and surprises some beetles enjoying Afternoon Delight.
Edith and Christy share our heart break and hope after a devestating hail storm. Find out what was stripped, shredded, pounded, vaporized, smashed and went splat. What got knocked out of the pod? Will we ever grow successful zucchini again? Will we get a ripe tomato before Labor Day?
What should you do if your garden gets damaged from hail? We will give you practical tips. How can you protect your garden from hail? We’ve got some ideas.
And we have some fun with NEW pod plays to lighten the mood, the world’s shortest Mail Bag. Big Lessons of the Day: Give peas a chance. Store your basil by a counter appliance and don’t take it all so seriously. As the French say, “Je’men Foutisme”.
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Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
This episode has all the feels:
INSPIRING: Learn all about native plants. What are they? Why are they good for your garden? How can you find some? Why does Lindsey only have one?
HORROR: Christy reveals what terrible thing happened in her garden this week. It’s bad, folks - like out of a scary movie. So, grab some popcorn and hold your veggies close.
LAUGHTER: Of course, we have some fun, too! And have prepared for you some brand new, hand-crafted pod plays that will make you smile. And bad jokes to make you groan! :)
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Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
We are overly Pesto-mistic this episode! Lindsey returns with updates on her hydroponic garden. Does she dare pot up her rosemary that she germinated from seed? Christy finally got her veggie garden in. Can it survive the morning glory invasion?
Then we get into basil basics and IT'S EASY: We share with you all about how to plant it, grow it, harvest and eat it! Plus some fun trivia and witchy uses. Why you should curse and yell when you plant basil. How to keep your basil seeds from floating away. What is the number #1 you should never do with basil.
And we have fun BRAND NEW Podplays, a well-timed letter from the mail bag (Ring! Ring!) and a beautiful inspiration. From our hearts to yours: Enjoy dear gardeners!
Get rid of bindweed in Colorado!
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