Upside Down Tulips - A Garden Podcast

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 for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Find Your Last and First Frost Date

It's summer and the garden surprises & experiments keep coming—and we love (most of) them! Edith finds a black grasshopper and a mysterious scarlet beetle. Christy's cauliflower turns purple and she finds her reading glasses... in the compost pile. We share what’s blooming in our gardens, how our zucchinis are doing, and updates on tomatoes, cabbage (Christy's pride and joy!), basil, arugula, tarragon, and more. Edith’s rosemary lives. Christy’s… not so much. We’re also replanting for fall harvest—peas, beets, and maybe revenge. Plus:• Edith’s leeks are now perennials• Christy has a pumpkin situation• Peas that grow in a bush?! Yes, please.• Results from our romaine showdown• Armenian (or is it Albanian?) cucumber updates• Luffa dreams and pruning tips for tomatoes and cukes• New tomato varieties we're trying out: Early Girl+, Champion 2, and Oxheart Don’t miss a hilarious Mail Bag letter from Mexico about car zucchinis, a new gardener's stand-up set in You Might Be a Gardener, and a beetle with a PR problem in The Benefits of Japanese Beetles. We wrap with an inspiration to make peace with rainy days—and yes, there's a little Easter egg if you listen past the credits!  Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Find Your Last and First Frost Date

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 learned: Don’t plant orach (you’ll see why!) Tomatoes remain a mystery Ground cherries = delightful Reminder: Seeds don’t last forever! New varieties: cosmos, poppies, foxglove, lupines, romaine, and (of course) more tomatoes Hot garden trends: Shaggy lawns Turf wars (aka turf lawns) Moon gardening Plant parenthood Fire-resistant gardening A delightful letter from the mailbag with thoughts on tomatoes, hydrangeas, and raspberries Plus: new tips, new tools, and new ways to listen to your garden 🔥 Burning Questions We Explore: What seed has the longest shelf life? What’s the 2025 garden color of the year? How many times does Edith say “moist”? What moon phase is best for cutting your hair? 🌱 Bonus fun: Our sincere apologies for the pea puns.🐣 And psst... there's a hidden Easter egg at the end of the episode—don't miss it! Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Find Your Last and First Frost Date

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 little tips and tricks and laughs along the way.    It’s seed catalog season so, we have stuffed this episode with THREE funny pod plays about our favorite reason to go to the mailbox.  Speaking of mail:  We got a letter from Lindsey delivered to our mailbag (Ring! Ring!) about her garden trials and dreams – an inspiring letter of resilience and renewal.  Need even more inspiration?  Christy has some!   Bonus:  Leonardo DiCatrio makes an appearance.  Can you find him? So, grab a cup of tea, a glass of wine or clean those garden tools - while you join us!   Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Find Your Last and First Frost Date

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 can learn, too!  Why you should keep your compost a little drunk.   Why it’s never too late to plant. Or too early.  What seeds need to be fresh as a carrot What plant can benefit from calcium tablets Should you get a Japanese Beetle Trap? How much work do you really have to do this fall? And some humor with all this education!  We’ve got two NEW pod plays to keep you and all the lilac bushes in good humor.  And some inspiration to last the upcoming Persphone Period.  So, pick up a rake, do a little harvesting or put your weary feet up with a cup of cider and enjoy this season’s fun and informative episode! Oh – and stick around past the end credits for a little easter egg. Get a UDT Coffee Mug or other cool Merch! Visit our website for pix, good info and Upside Down Dictionary Learn How to Winter Sow! Don't Know Your Zone? Find it HERE Find Your Last and First Frost Date