Upside Down Tulips - A Garden Podcast

Don’t have a yard or community garden? No problem! Learn how to use containers. A porch, a stoop, a stair, a roof, or a hook somewhere for a hanging basket will be enough to grow something. Terra cotta pots, plastic pots, grow bags, shoe racks, etc - it all works. We tell you which veggies, herbs, and flowers flourish therein. Thriller, spiller, filler - not a rip roaring Godzilla movie- it’s a container technique. As well as: make your own potting soil! We have the recipe right here.  We’re

We have things that sleep, creep, and leap.  Things that died, survived and are taking over. Advice on how deeply to plant all your seeds. Which seeds like a good soaking before they go into the soil, and how to protect them from birds and wind before they sprout.  We’re not judgmental people, but there’s a right way and a very wrong way to pull seedlings out of their pots.  And by wrong we mean it could kill them. And then - if they’re rootbound or their roots are whirling in a circle, what are you

From April to August, we walk you through what veggies and flowers to plant according to frost dates.   Also in this action packed episode: when to deadhead flowers and divide your iris and tulips.  Welcome back June and Madge, The Suburbanites, as Madge clutches her pearls and June busts out of her tight sweater and puts on garden overalls. Christy finds forgotten crocuses and Edith, known for her use of sophisticated words that don’t exist, talks about mucousy spinach. Something was said about

So much info: Spring planting of veggies, flowers, and bare root fruits, trees & shrubs. Spring fever is not just a feeling - we verify spring fevers and shatter equinox egg myths. Plant a bleeding heart, buy roses in the bag, and find out how the stealthy haboob came back. An even tempered backyard gardener almost loses her cool when pulling a weed with a six foot root, prompting a return of the Gardeners of the Galaxy. Find out which of the ingredients at the salad bar (remember salad bars?) can

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and it’s Spring Clean Up Time. A general rule for garden clean up is to wait as long as you can; so that beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies, and ladybugs stay sheltered. Also how to identify and save any chrysalises you might find. We talk pruning your shrubby plants with woody stems, as well as perennial and annual flowers. We answer questions about winter sowing cause it’s not too late to do that. Don’t toil in moist soil - not only is it too many “oi” words in a

We’ve all spent A LOT of time indoors this past year, and hopefully you’ve had houseplants to talk to, care for, and clean your indoor air. And if you don’t have any, now is the time to start.  Find out which are the easiest to grow. Which of them eat the sun and poop out air? Recipes for homemade fertilizers and organic pesticides to use on your houseplants. Learn about Edith's beautiful Crown of Thorns and Christy's 30 year old Aloe Vera. This week’s mailbag is a thought provoking letter from a

'Sup Birches!  How's your Aspen? After bemoaning our long gone Latvians and realizing we’re being shunned by Nebraskans,  Edith and Christy pull themselves together and start talking trees and shrubbery. We love tree huggers! Trees take good care of us; we share how we can best care for trees. Where to plant, how to plant,and how to prune. Did you know trees are strategists?  They employ the enemies of their enemies to stay well. Why your self care should include getting touchy feely with soil as