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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!
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
It’s June, and the garden is action packed. There are peas to be harvested, garlic scapes to collect, and it’s time to resow or replant seedlings that didn’t make it. Is it too late to winter sow? You might be surprised by the answer.
Speaking of surprises, see how our gardens both surprise us (Wow!) and frustrate us (Ugh!) We talk radishes, roses, iris, leeks, peaches and aloe vera. Take action now to battle weeds, bugs, powdery mildew, and unpredictable weather. We'll show you how. And take note: The Japanese beetles are coming!
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Let’s deep dive into tomatoes 2022! We've got breaking news on tomato health benefits, nutritional value of raw vs. cooked, the use of their pigment in making solar panels. Also - how to pick the best tomato plants from your local nursery, and what we are growing in our gardens this year. Plus:
- Why is a Better Boy tomato better than a Big Boy tomato?
- What is the difference between Sweet 100 and Supersweet 100?
- What the heck is an Inditerminate tomato?
- Are hybrids organic?
And of course, fun Pod Plays! This week we have tomato boxing at Madison Square Gardens and a brand new Old Woman Who Used to Live In a Shoe, who waxes philosophical and funny in her garden.
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Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
You can roast it, grill it, soup it, zoodle it, sweet or savory it - it’s the amazing, versatile squash. And we tell you how to plant it, water it, protect it, cure it, and store it all the winter long. From the sweetest to the largest to the oddest; grow squash and gets pounds and pounds of food and a hedge against inflation. Plus,
- How to make an anti-fungal agent that protects against powdery mildew.
- How to hynotize a chicken, should you have the need to.
- Want to grow marigolds this summer? Thanks to a listener, we show you how!
- Stranger Garden Things are afoot as we premiere a new pod play. Oh My Gourd!
- And what is that white stuff falling from the sky?!
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Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Gardeners care about the planet, and if you are choosing between a lawn, an alternative, or a mix of the two - we have some very pertinent info on how to mow, how to water, how to fertilize, carbon removers, forever chemicals, ground covers and what kind of grasses are good for your zone.
And while you mull over these questions you can also:
- Celebrate what is blooming in our gardens. (Yay!)
- Find out what is dead in our gardens. (Ack!)
- Enjoy to a beautiful letter sent in from a listener - “A Sonnet to Spring”. (Cause gardening and poetry do have a lot in common.)
As Antelope Twomey, the Poet Laureate of Wyoming would say, “It’s mandatory”.
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What grass is best for your area?
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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
With World Naked Gardening Day just around the corner on May 7, we thought we would share one of our favorite pod plays.
Good laughs and celebrating the garden are what we are all about at Upside Down Tulips. Most of the time we even have clothes on. We will be back next week with a brand new episode filled with our fun garden tips and tricks and bad jokes.
xoxo
Edith & Christy
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Judy Seaborn, founder of Botanical Interests seed company, stops by to share her favorite gardening mistakes - and gives us so many great tips.
- Which plants won’t benefit from starting early?
- Which don’t like being transplanted?
- How do you keep your seeds from clumping in one place in the garden?
- What plant is a must in Judy's garden this year?
Plus: If you plant onions in a circle do you get onion rings? Dandelions - good for bees or not? (The controversy begins.) We talk mugwort and borage, two ‘witchy” herbs. And we celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with podplays featuring Hamlet and Ophelia; and Imaboil and Esmepus, 2 witches from Macbeth. Learn and laugh with us!
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
To celebrate National Gardending Day on April 14, we packed this episode with a wheelbarrow full of Spring tips and tricks!
Then, we give you something new! We interview an expert: Brittany Pimental, the Equity and Food Access Director at Denver Urban Gardens. We learned so much. Just about every city has a community garden program and they’re there to help you. We learn about viable seeds in ancient Egyptian tombs. Sustainability swaps? No, not a way to reignite the spark in a marriage. Find out what a food swamp is and if you’re in one.
Plus, Edith has a garden hack that grosses Christy out. Edith gets bleeped for the third time and Christy dreams of Japanese beetles. And what’s this about thanking your tool?
Come see the play we are working on! YOU WILL GET SICK by Noah Diaz
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Find out where YOUR community garden is!
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Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Can you smell the lilac? It’s all about common and not so common scents in the garden. Combat the malodorous smells of modern times - the exhaust, the garbage, your overly patchoulied co-worker - with the gentle scents that certain trees and plants will provide. Which ones are our favorites, which ones have medicinal properties, which plant can be sowed straight from a teabag. Listen as a letter from Doug gives instructions on building a chicken wire rabbit deterrent fence that just might work. And enjoy a new pod play parody on the TV show, Succession!
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Using the Academy Awards as our inspiration, we give awards to the favorites, and also the disappointments, in our gardens. Along the way we share what made our successes shine and what might prevent future failures. Trees to vines to veggies to flowers- from best ensemble to the most dependable to the villains - Garden 2021 has been a heck of a year. Plus buggy hollyhocks, raging at the radish, and the little seedling that could.
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
We’re gardeners and sports lovers, so let’s say this episode is smashmouth gardening. Where else are you gonna get that? We tell you which are the easiest veggies and flowers to grow, and give you tips to ensure your success. Do you like beans, carrots, zucchini, lettuce, and peas? Do marigolds, zinnias, cosmos, sunflowers and morning glories please your eyes? Add some hardy perennials and you have a beautiful easy peasy garden.
Plus an all NEW Who Killed Rosemary: Misty Contour, intrepid podcaster trying to find out who killed Rosemary, visits a neighborhood where she is stonewalled by all the neighbors. Door after door is slammed in her face. What are they afraid of? Is Misty in danger? The list of suspects grows...
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