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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 Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
We’re talking ways to save water that is both nutritious and free. There’s more to watering than what comes from your hose. We’re talking rainwater, gray water, black water, cooking water. One of these things is not like the other, however. How to collect water, store it, apply it to your garden. How to help save your lawn and water bill in this heat. From sprinklers, soaker hoses, rain barrels, and water absorbing polymers to aeration and hydrozoning, we cover this topic as thoroughly as the papparazzi cover Simone Biles. Speaking of similies, Agnes the community college instructor/radio host is back with a drama presentation about Tomato Town. And - curtain!
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Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
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 Antelope Twomey is back with a moving and funny poem called “Ode to the Gardener”. It’s all about you, our gentle listeners and gardeners.
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Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
We discuss what we (and hopefully you) learned from each other this past year. Like how to do your own soil test, and what is Soil Pep? (It has nothing to do with pompoms or short skirts). We discuss gardening by grid, taking suckers off of tomato plants, how to garden without disrupting the natural way of things, why Christy has changed her mind on a certain store bought fertilizer and what went horribly, nauseatingly wrong with Edith’s Bokashi experiment. Gardening is not for the squeamish. From spiders in meat tubes, to squirrel skulls to Cindy Brady in the garbage - we get down and dirty in the garden. And not a hoe joke in sight.
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Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
- From the silly - shredded tweet and Salvadore Dilly, to the profound - May Sarton’s quote about gardening, we’ve got you covered.
- We fill in between the two, revisiting little bird buttholes, a deep confession from Christy, and the story of a man who cooked a smoked turkey into a salt lick.
- From the sacred - an homage to the gift of the Magi - to the profane - what an irritated telemarketer called Edith.
- And we’ve got an entirely new podplay of the Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe. What sets her off and has her calling out the artillery?
- Plus, we sprinkle in a few gardening tips and tricks along the way. Enjoy!
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Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
It’s hot and dry July. The early season plants are reaching their endtimes, flowers need to be deadheaded and the Japanese beetles are back! To temper the horror of that, Edith wrote a poem! We then talk 50 ways to kill your Japanese beetles. You could sweep, bag, spray, trap, grind, or entice them with a lovely fruit cocktail. (Fruit cocktail? What is this, 1954?)
You could also try Neem Oiling or Milky Sporing them to their everlasting rest. Then, for a little dark humor, we brought back Darla and the Jersey gangster Tone Baritone. And, as if all this murder talk isn’t enough, Christy has the most morbid inspiration ever, starting with the words “Every corpse…” and it doesn’t get any cheerier from there. Calm down or die. Grow something.
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
The start of July means summer is in full swing and our gardens are at the peak of the season. It is also a big month for garden maintenance. So we have gathered together over 20 tips on what you should be doing in your July garden - what not to plant, what you can plant, what to deadhead, how to get broccoli baby heads even if your original plant goes to seed. Plus: helpful info on pinching, watering, weeding, staking, dividing, mulching. So many "ings!"
Don’t know what a farrier is? Neither did we. Christy thought it might be a grower and caretaker of fairies. (!) Edith has been waiting for years to use the word “Oyez” in a sentence and finally found a way! We revisit Christy’s Horrifying Ladybug Incident and a listener explains why not everyone’s pee changes smell if you eat asparagus. And then Ben Franklin mansplains about the issue. (Go fly a kite, Benjamin, or at the very least stick to forming the US of A.)
The Garden Gnomes return in two fun pod-plays made just for the gardener!
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Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
We’re thrice potting cucumbers and shaking seed heads, all while exploring the world of vines. So much more than just a conveyance for Tarzan, vines shelter, give beauty, grow food, attract pollinators and hide unsightly views. Not even to mention that’s how grapes grow and that’s what makes wine!
Which vine’s seeds cause paralysis, labored breathing and convulsions- and still has “sweet” in its name? (That may be taking forgiveness a step too far.)
Let us introduce you to the Lazy Housewife Pole Bean and the Asian Winged Bean. The first is not a Victorian insult and the second is not an anime superhero. They’re beans you can grow in Zones 3-11 and who doesn’t want to grow colorfully named beans?
Also - learn about trumpet vine, honeysuckle, morning glory and how to grow your own loofah sponge and more! Do you have thistle weeds? We have tips on how best to get rid of it in Mail Bag. And two fun new "pod plays" made just for the gardener. Boom chicka boom boom!
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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
“Hope is being planted and I feel it growing.”
We’re quoting from a listener’s letter because we’re too hot to say anything worth quoting. BUT we did have the presence of mind to gather about 10ish garden tips we forgot to tell you in the past year. Like what is well drained soil? Can you plant in a ziplock bag? Do you need different fertilizers for different plants and what is elbow soap? Why you should pinch your mum now and what the appearance of dog vomit slime mold tells you. Free resources, plants that resist bolting, red warty things, and if you see something spiny tiny and creepy in your garden- don’t kill it. It’s your friend. We’re your friends. We also have Cinderella and the Gardeners of the Galaxy. Join us.
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Things are popping in the garden and we’re getting down with our hoes. Christy’s roses are opening, something absconded with her cauliflower plants, and her rosemary after surviving the grim winter, has a ceased to be. It’s like a vegetal soap opera! If you think NPK is an arm of the Russian Secret Service, you need this episode. If you want to know why Edith is reading War and Pees in her bathroom, you should listen.
We explain how and when to fertilize flowers, vegetables, roses, and houseplants- one size doesn’t fit all. What unexpected trait is shared by some people and all herbs? What herb is so toxic any product containing it was banned in Canada and yet it’s a great natural fertilizer? What is the difference between organic and synthetic fertilizers? And why we are reconsidering using that blue stuff. Some great info here, gardeners.
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Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021