The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
A trip down the garden path and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and the birds and the bees and more.
The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
Mellow fruitfulness
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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…
Autumn fruitfulness with Tom Pattinson… strawberry and raspberry stock taking and it’s jam time!
We’re out and about with Steve Lowe who’s on the trail of native Northumbrian crayfish…
The fantastic flashes of riverside royalty…. Tom Cadwallender is in the company this week of some kingfishers …
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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Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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…
Autumn fruitfulness with Tom Pattinson… strawberry and raspberry stock taking and it’s jam time!
We’re out and about with Steve Lowe who’s on the trail of native Northumbrian crayfish…
The fantastic flashes of riverside royalty…. Tom Cadwallender is in the company this week of some kingfishers …
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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00:01:43: Intro: Carl: Tom Pattinson is stock taking down among the strawberries and the raspberry canes… and the jam pan is calling….
Audio: Tom P: Mellow fruitfulness #1
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00:06:55: Carl: It’s the great bird changeover time here in Northumberland and Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s been for a canny wander along his home patch on the River Aln estuary…. where he got a lovely surprise…
Audio: Tom C: Kingfishers
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00:14:35: Carl: Tom Pattinson’s enjoying the autumnal sunshine, and checking out the fruits of his labours... and apples, plums, pears are all beckoning in the garden…
Audio: Tom P: Mellow fruitfulness #2
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00:20:18: Carl: Crayfish are one of harder to spot species but the native county variety is under threat and Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust is a man on a mission in the waters of the River Lyne…
Audio: Steve Lowe: Northumbrian crayfish
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00:26:17: Carl: And…to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Audio: Tom P: Jobs for the week with Tom P.
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00:32:02: Outro: Carl: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; and 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.