The Pedissert – Vol. 6 – “Basic Gardening Tips”

The Art-istApr 21, 2026

Sometimes inspiration can come when someone slides into your DMs. Nearly a month ago, I received the following DM from Liz (for reference, not the same Liz who was in Vol. 1):

I want in on the weird feet business

As someone who is always happy to have someone join in on the “weird feet business”, I asked if she had a chance to review my previous work and would be comfortable with participating:

I browsed the website. I’m fine with you following your standard procedure but my personal preference would be an Oreo crust so that it can look like dirt under my toenails. Which also demands that gummy worms be involved. These aren’t true demands though, just suggestions.

Taking Liz’s suggestions into account, I suggested a springtime gardening theme, which she agreed to. She even brought along a trowel for digging in the garden, as well as to bash me over the head with if needed.

For this volume, I made “mud pies.” The colors chosen were brown (for dirt), green (for grass), and orange (to resemble “red clay”; for those of you in the southeastern United States, you know that once red clay stains something, it’s never coming out!)

There were a couple changes to my usual pie recipe:

For the brown, I used chocolate frosting instead of the standard whipped buttercream frosting. I still had to mix in a little brown food coloring, since Cool Whip lightens any color you mix it with naturallly.
Instead of using a graham cracker crust, I used an Oreo crust. Since there aren’t 10-inch Oreo crusts easily available, I had to scale back to a 9-inch crust. Since both these crusts easily break apart if you try to take them out of the tin, I was a little worried about the sharp edges of the tin causing any cuts. Turns out you can easily bend the edges back so you don’t have to worry about such a thing! Going forward, I will likely go back to 9-inch crusts, and might even try baked ones where you can take them out of the tin without breakage.

In our mission to make these videos more educational, I was able to Google some beginner gardening tips (no AI slop here!) I could use these tips myself, as I have a brown thumb instead of a green one.

Liz came wearing a springtime dress and heels, with the latter coming off for her Pedissert. There’s an interesting juxtaposition about a woman dressed nicely, but with her feet all messy and mucky from cream and crust. It kinda looks like those scenes at the Kentucky Derby tailgates if there’s been a lot of rain.

I had originally thought about inserting the gummy worms into the pies (like worms enriching the soil), but didn’t think they would stick properly. So before taking the “after pics”, I took some gummy worms and stuck them betwixt her toes, where they hung on for dear life. Since I don’t eat gummy worms myself, I gave the unused ones to a neighborhood kid. Oh, if he only knew what these gummy worms were originally used for…

We had fun shooting this for you, and Liz took some behind-the-scenes pictures to show her friends. They were enough to convince one of her friends to join in, and as plans stand right now, she will be shooting with me next week!

Check out the photos and video below!