The darling buds of May

We’re filled with all the delights that May brings…plants and shrubs and trees are growing fast and late spring/summer birds are arriving...

Tom Pattinson is looking at the darling buds of May… and being safe in the garden.

Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying the wonderful space of Druridge Bay, Northumberland, and the amazing array of birds that flock there…

And Steve Lowe’s taking out a subscription this week… to the green gym!

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.

Transcript

Nature Garden Podcast: 14 May 2022

 00:00:00: Intro theme:

Audio voice-over: Carl: Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. 

It’s a chance to take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees…  and an opportunity to hear stories from the past and present…

In this episode… 

We’re filled with all the delights that May brings…plants and shrubs and trees are growing fast and late spring/summer birds are arriving 

Tom Pattinson is looking at the darling buds of May… and being safe in the garden.

Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying the wonderful space of Druridge Bay and the amazing array of birds that flock there…

And Steve Lowe’s taking out a subscription this week… to the green gym!

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

And, we’ll be taking tea for two…  a time to put your feet up and relax as we take a little musical interlude.

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. 

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Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
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00:01:35:
Presenter audio: Carl:
Despite some rather chilly weather of late, magical May has sprinkled fairy dust all over the garden and countryside… and our adventures this week begin with Tom Pattinson who is enjoying and riding the highs and lows of temperature in the garden amidst the blossoming and pollination…

Audio: Tom P: 

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00:07:04:
Presenter audio: Carl:
Druridge Bay is one of those wonderful beaches of Northumberland and just in case you were in any doubt… our birding chap, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology, is a huge fan!

Audio feature:  Tom Cadwallender 

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00:14:05: Presenter audio: Carl:   

Tom Pattinson is busy as a bee in the garden but… hang on a sec, maybe it’s time to slow down a little and just think things through with the help of some sensible advice from Tom…

Audio feature: Tom Pattinson

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00:19:43: Presenter audio: Carl:   

Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust ad Cresswell Pele Tower has been getting fit with subscribers to the green gym, a wonderful project run in conjunction with the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Here’s Steve with co-founder Toni Poole….

Audio feature: Steve Lowe:

Notes: And you can help ‘Bees and trees’ at the Cresswell Pele Tower and find more info here at: https://cresswellpeletower.org.uk/

00:26:36: Presenter audio: Carl:

It’s a very exciting time as new arrivals come to Northumberland as  swallows and house martins make their first forays into barns and eaves looking for nest sites… but is it just me or are they a bit late?… here’s Tom Cadwallender to tell us more…

Audio feature:  Tom Cadwallender 

00:32:34: Presenter audio: Carl:  
And… so …to the sound of wor blackbird… here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…

Audio: Tom Pattinson

00:37:49: Presenter audio: Carl: outro: 
You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and Steve Lowe from The Northumberland Rivers Trust and Cresswell Pele Tower. I’m Carl Stiansen and, don’t forget, you can listen back to all the previous reports we’ve done on the Nature Garden Podcast… that’s the Nature Garden Podcast… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now : )