Upside Down Tulips - A Garden Podcast

About Upside Down Tulips - A Garden Podcast

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!

Publisher

Christy & Edith

Category

arts · comedy · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Mar 2021

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 109 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   128. Summer Garden Potluck: A Little Bit of Everything

   Hosts share diverse midsummer garden stories, from bumper crops to flops, offering practical tips and laughs in this interview-style episode.

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   23 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   127. How to Garden During a Drought: Mulch Ado About Watering

   Hosts Edith and Christy explore practical drought-gardening strategies, from smart watering and mulch to xeriscaping, offering hopeful solutions for challenging weather.

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   8 Mar 2026

   126. Stranger Garden News: Hope Sprouts Eternal

   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 — garden stories from around the world. Turns out there’s a lot of strange and wonderful news sprouting out there. In this episode we share stories about: • The hot new seed-starting trend: snail roll gardening• What in the world RFK Jr., Monsanto, and gardening have to do with each other• The strange things people discover hiding in their gardens• How Brazilian farmers are replacing nitrogen fertilizer with microbes• Garden hacks involving plastic forks, diapers, and cinnamon (yes, really)• The latest hopeful news about the monarch butterfly population• And what new seeds we’re tempted to try this year Of course we also have pod plays! This week we bring back the fan favorite Stranger Garden Things — plus a brand-new installment. And we’ll visit the Mail Bag (Ring! Ring!) and share a little garden inspiration to remind us why we keep planting — even though it is technically still winter. So grab a seed catalog, pull up next to your favorite houseplant, and join us for an episode full of laughs, dirt, and a little good news from the garden. So grab a seed catalog, pull up to your favorite houseplant and join us for a hopeful episode full of laughs, dirt, and a little good news from the garden. 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

Inside a recent episode

128. Summer Garden Potluck: A Little Bit of Everything

Published 22 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But right now, the echinacea has just been fantastic. It's beautiful. A lot to celebrate. And I also can celebrate my tomatoes. I've already harvested tomatoes. I have harvested maybe six or so early girl tomatoes and a little handful of cherry tomatoes. And all the plants look right now fantastic. Good. And they're flowering. And I've got tomatoes. I've got greenies on every single plant. So I could really celebrate tomatoes. Good. I'm going to tell you that I have two zucchini plants, and they're doing really great. And maybe we'll save what happened to your zucchini plant later that I gave you. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

40 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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