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Let’s celebrate Edith’s best moments on Upside Down Tulips! We’ve got her stories about an Elvis-fearing squirrel and the Great Denver Beaver.  Plus, the Grapefruit Caper and Bokashi Reveal. Do you remember how Edith cuts her hair or what her favorite spice is? Or why we had to bleep Edith on our Christmas episode? As always, great garden tips like: how to grow bacon. And our favorite pod plays, mail bag and inspiration that lift up the witty, the silly and the profound:  Edith Weiss. Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

It’s our Second Anniversary and Edith’s last show!  This one has all the feels.  Find out what is going on in our garden during the dog’s days of summer.  Then we share a bunch of garden tips and tricks we forgot to tell you over the last year.  Including answers to such burning questions like: How to tell if you have Verticillium wilt and what to do about it? What should you never put in your refrigerator? What the heck does a shoe organizer have to do with gardening? Plus BRAND NEW pod plays of The Old Woman Who Used to Live in a Show and Antelope Twomey.  And a surprise mailbag that has us in tears.  Don’t worry – lots of laughs, too. Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

Thrifty gardeners, take note. This is all about doing it yourself.  You can collect your own seeds, (but be very careful of one thing),  make your own seed pots, fertilizer, compost, pesticides, soil test and potting soil.  All organic, mostly made with stuff you have in your shed or pantry. Plus a quick reprise of the ever popular Bokashi and the many maggots story. And why kids eating mud pies could be a very good thing. Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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!  Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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. Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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?! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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”. Live in Colorado? Sign up here to get rid of bindweed with a bug! What grass is best for your area? Check out this thyme lawn! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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 World Naked Gardening Day is a thing? Live in Denver? Come see the play we worked on! Runs until May 14, 2022 Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us!    

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! Check Out Our Friends at Botanical Interests! Live in Denver? Come see the play we worked on! Runs until May 14, 2022 Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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 Learn How to Winter Sow! Check out our friends at Denver Urban Gardens Find out where YOUR community garden is! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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!  Learn How to Winter Sow! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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. Learn How to Winter Sow! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

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... Learn How to Winter Sow! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

We'll Take Worm Composting for $1000, Ken. And Let's Make it A True Daily Double!  We explore vermiculture, which ensures that you can grow the most nutritious vegetables, the most beautiful flowers because you can make the best fertilizer in your backyard, under the sink, on your balcony. Are we pulling your garden-overalled leg? No, we’re not.  Vermiculture is raising worms for their precious poop, and we give you the inside scoop. Where to put them, what to feed them, how to keep them alive.  Final Jeopardy:  How planting sunflowers can take heavy metals out of your soil and how to get rid of poison ivy.  Learn How to Winter Sow! Earthlinks Colorado Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

What you can and what you shouldn’t do in your March garden. Direct sowing, soil conditioning, temperature watching, winter sowing, indoor seedling starting, perennial clean up - it all starts now.  When, what, and why to prune off your trees.  And take time for Your Morning Wordle - our new pod play in honor of you, the gardeners. Learn How to Winter Sow! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

We took notes and name names.  Of our favorite greens. Our goal is to have 9 months of fresh green salad stuff from the garden. Tips on growing endive, arugula, perpetual spinach, dwarf kale, corn salad, romaine and more. How to plant, harvest, care for, and fertilize. Along the way we get wayword and curdled noddles, grief stricken vegetables, and all root and no bulb enter the fray. Plus a brand new Old Woman Pod Play! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us!   

“Butterflies are flying flowers and flowers are tethered butterflies”  Saving our bees and butterflies is also saving our food sources. We explain how you can help whether you have a garden or a balcony or somewhere to plant milkweed seeds for Monarch butterflies.  And how to get those seeds for free. What colors and plants attract not just a butterfly but a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Not just a single bee but perhaps a bike of bees. Why you should never plant a butterfly bush, perversely counterintuitive though that sounds. Plus a podcast within a podcast: we’re getting closer to finding out who killed Rosemary, in a brand new pod play! Get FREE Milkweed Seeds Here! Find Your Local Native Plant Society Here! Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

Find out which heirloom seed company will ship you seeds with no shipping fees, and hear what may be the worst joke in the world. Then learn how to make two or more houseplants out of your existing houseplants by rooting, stem cutting, or dividing.  Discover what pantry staple can be used as a rooting hormone.  And if you think a "rooting hormone" has anything to do with why you are loathe to leave the house, give us a listen.  Also: What happens when a Crazy Cat Lady meets a Crazy Plant Lady?  FInd out and have a laugh or two in a brand new hand-crafter pod play just for the gardener. Some cool links to what we talked about this episode: Denver Urban Gardens Earthlinks in Colorado Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us! 

In this week's special encore episode, we share the difference between dirt, soil, top soil, potting soil, and seed starting soil.  Who knew? We didn’t! But we do now.  Also: How many worms in a shovelfull of good soil? How to use the principles of regenerative agriculture in your garden large or small. How do worms procreate and why should you care? Why does Plato the Greek philosopher think people are like dirt, and why you’ll agree with him. So many questions.  We have answers to a lot of them. Don’t confuse rotorooters with rototillers and the secret to a good marriage. Okay, we didn’t say one has anything to do with the other. Or did we? Listen to find out. Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us!  Find Your Persephone Period

Winter Sowing 2!  Good news! You don’t have to wait to garden.  We answer your questions about how to sow seeds, outside in the winter.  Does it matter where you live?  When is the best time?  Can you use compost?  What is the best way to water?  What kind of light?  Should you ever take the tops off? What if it gets really cold?  Along the way we have a hilarious headline correction from England, living bridges in India, and new ways to garden: free planting and leaving vegetable roots in the ground. Informative and funny, gardeners we’ve got your backs. Click HERE to listen to Winter Sowing Part One Support UDT by joining our Garden Party and get fun rewards! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Click here to write to us!  Find Your Persephone Period