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…
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Pull up a chair and grab a plate—it's our Summer Garden Potluck! Instead of digging into one big gardening topic, we're sharing a little bit of everything that's happening in our Colorado gardens. From bumper crops to garden flops, funny mistakes to mysterious plant behavior, this episode is packed with midsummer stories, practical tips, and plenty of laughs. This season we ask: What's stealing…
⚠️ Gentle Warning: This episode contains mild adult humor, gardening innuendo, repeated use of the word “moist,” and an emotionally intense relationship with mulch. Listener discretion advised. Hi Friends! It’s hot. It snowed yesterday. The tomatoes are confused. So are we. It’s Spring 2026 and gardening has officially become a survival skill. This spring on Upside Down Tulips, we dive headfirst…
The garden world can feel a little upside down these days — so this week we bring you a whole episode of Stranger Garden News! First, we catch up on the strange happenings in our own gardens. What happened to winter? What are we growing inside? And why are some things still happily growing outside like the calendar means nothing? Then we dig into some of the most hopeful — and occasionally bizarre…
You asked for it and its back! Two brand new Who Killed Rosemary pod plays. Find out where Misty Contour is at with the mysterious death of Edith's Rosemary. In the garden, we are slowly sliding from fall to winter and now is the time for reflection on: The Good The Bad And… The Ugly! Including a very ugly letter for the mailbag ENJOY! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website…
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Spring has officially sprung, and the garden is bursting with life! Flowers are blooming, veggies are growing, and—surprise!—some plants are totally taking over. Edith’s garden is overrun with greens, Christy’s garden is a dandelion jungle, and yes… some plants didn’t make it. (insert moment of silence here) Ah well! Onward we go. This week, we dig into: 🌿 What’s New in the Garden? Lessons…
Edith’s potatoes may have gone to the dark side, but we are forging ahead with the small and enjoyable garden tasks of winter and dreaming of our 2025 garden. So, let us inspire your next garden with all the many benefits and joys of gardening! We have gathered our top reasons why we garden: From health to wealth. From making friends to murdering carrots. From learning to lunging. And filled with…
Fallelujah! A pretty darn good year in the garden. No hail, no frost, no covering – yet. Edith grew ground cherries. Christy grew zinnias. We both grew a lot of tomatoes. Edith might have killed her peach tree. Christy mysteriously killed her cabbage. We both killed our rosemary. Aphids chewed, Japanese beetle chewed, mildew took up residence. So, it all resulted in a lot of learning, we hope you…
Our gardens are doing great! So far. If you don’t count the heat, the Japanese beetles… and the murders! Life is growing fast and furious in our gardens and we are applying water like we are applying for a job. Edith loves her loveage. Christy is at peace with her peace rose. Edith is plum crazy about her plum tree. Christy is thinks Edith’s peach tree harvest is going to be… peachy keen. :) Our…
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