{"id":78,"date":"2020-07-19T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upsidedowntulips.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2022-09-28T07:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:33:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/upsidedowntulips.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"78\" class=\"elementor elementor-78\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e79994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e79994\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a0e3e0\" data-id=\"5a0e3e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be29e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be29e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upside Down Tulips - A Gardening Podcast<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0c753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a0c753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hi!\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I am Christy &#8211; a backyard gardener from Colorado.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Lately, my friends and I have noticed more and more people picking our brains for tips and trouble-shooting about gardening. We think it\u2019s kinda funny, because we\u2019re not experts. We just learned a lot about gardening from the mistakes we made along the way. You always hear about Victory gardens &#8211; but what about all the garden failures? Gardening is about learning, experimenting and rolling with the punches. Every other 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.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Winner of Best New Podcast at 2020 Colorado Podcast Awards!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5040bbc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5040bbc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e702d59\" data-id=\"e702d59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ce6ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8ce6ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Christy Montour-Larson<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d809bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d809bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CHRISTYwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee77ca7\" data-id=\"ee77ca7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a876a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a876a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f0c045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f0c045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My love of plants started with my mom and I still lovingly take care of the descendants of her spider plants. One can always see sunflowers and marigolds in my garden, because that is what my mom grew. \u00a0And maybe that is why I always use Tide to wash clothes and eat Jiff peanut butter&#8230;\u00a0 For a time, we had a vegetable garden that I hated weeding, which is weird because I love weeding now. Because I am from Minnesota, I still have a lawn and can&#8217;t bear to part with it. \u00a0Last year, I winter sowed 30 containers. \u00a0As a theatre director and educator, I feel gardening teaches me creativity, discovery, patience and proper fingernail cleaning. Also, it is good to get out of a dark theatre and into the sun for a bit. \u00a0If you wear sunscreen. \u00a0Learn more about Christy&#8217;s theatre work at <a href=\"http:\/\/christymontourlarson.com\">christymontourlarson.com<span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55330f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b55330f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05e51e5\" data-id=\"05e51e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-481369e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"481369e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f78a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f78a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cohosts - Like-minded, gardening friends stop by to share the mic with Christy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae6aeb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae6aeb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d9b3df\" data-id=\"8d9b3df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5feb762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5feb762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?fit=1019%2C1019&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-981\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?w=1019&amp;ssl=1 1019w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karen-Slack_headshot_square.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13593c8\" data-id=\"13593c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc72111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc72111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333;\"><strong>Karen Slack<\/strong>, <\/span>I suppose I\u2019ve got the gardening bug running all through my veins. My mom and dad have always had a garden and houseplants, and my mom can name any nearly any plant she sees. All the men on my dad\u2019s side were avid gardeners, my great-grandpa, great uncle, and my grandpa. My great grandpa even made his own gardening tools! I am an actor, and one of the hardest things I\u2019ve had to do was in a play called \u201cGod of Carnage\u201d. I had to rip an entire vase of beautiful live tulips to shreds every night. I will never forget the smell and the tulip blood on my hands. As penance, I promptly planted a slew of tulip bulbs in my garden!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d601697 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d601697\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e938fac\" data-id=\"e938fac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eeceb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eeceb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?fit=834%2C834&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?w=834&amp;ssl=1 834w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/KathrynGray_2019_square.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-04a9bae\" data-id=\"04a9bae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e193b0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e193b0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333;\"><strong>Kathryn Gray<\/strong>, Growing up on a farm in eastern Kansas I learned gardening from my Mom and my Grandma because the gardens fed us! When it came time to buy a house I couldn\u2019t wait\u00a0to grow tomatoes because there is nothing that tastes as good as a garden grown\u00a0tomato! And I bought a house with a magnificent rhubarb plant. A few years back I\u00a0started creating beds of perennials specifically for the pollinators. I also have added a\u00a0few herbs for medicinal uses here and there as I have two close friends who are\u00a0magnificent herbalists. But most everything is for the pollinators and birds. I do love\u00a0watching the small finches chow down on the sunflowers and Echinacea in the fall. It\u00a0wasn\u2019t until I retired that I finally had real time for my garden and now I find it very\u00a0meditative to spend time weeding and nourishing the green growing things around my\u00a0house. My next project is slowly turning my front yard into a no-dig perennial bed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc8cf41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc8cf41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Also in The Garden:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-25b28ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25b28ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3e2863\" data-id=\"e3e2863\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea575ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea575ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-956\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upsidedowntulips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EDITHwithMug_SqSm.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f6ed6e\" data-id=\"1f6ed6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e8b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3e8b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600;\">Edith Weiss,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">co-founder and partner for the first 88 episodes.\u00a0 &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">One of my early memories is watching my dad study Rodale\u2019s Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening.\u00a0\u00a0 He was so happy when he worked in our small backyard garden.\u00a0 Another early memory is of me running around the yard and picking up my aunt\u2019s cigarette butts and her giving me a penny for each one. To this day I\u2019m not sure why she didn\u2019t just use an ashtray.\u00a0 Well, it was a complicated time.\u00a0 Organic gardening stuck with me.\u00a0 So, for a long time, did smoking.\u00a0 Theater was something I got into in college and have managed to make a life out of \u2013 directing, acting, writing for the theater.\u00a0 I combined my love of gardening and theater in a play I wrote for young students called \u201cThe Little Red Hen Explains it All for You\u201d.&#8221;\u00a0 Find out more about Edith\u2019s theatre life here: \u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #dddddd;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edithweiss.com\/\">edithweiss.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82f0e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82f0e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Mark Montour-Larson<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">, our patient and wise editor and excellent yet enigmatic engineer. 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