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
The running of the deer
In this episode…
Colouring the winter months and creating shelter with hedging…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…
The rising of the sun and the running of the deer… and our Steve Lowe who’s saving trees from deer with lambswool…
And Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying a performance of the seedcracker… a winter visitor to his garden with a mighty seed cracking beak, and did you know that the turkey isn’t from turkey? Tom’s tracking this festive superstar
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….
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Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
00:00:00: Intro and Christmas theme tune: It Must Be Christmas Time by Carl Cape Band
00:00:00: Intro music: Carl Cape Band
00:00:49: Intro 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…
Colouring the winter months and creating shelter with hedging…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…
The rising of the sun and the running of the deer… and our Steve Lowe who’s saving trees from deer with lambswool…
And Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying a performance of the seedcracker… a winter visitor to his garden with a mighty seed cracking beak, and did you know that the turkey isn’t from turkey? Tom’s tracking this festive superstar
Plus... some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….
Theme music: It Must Be Christmas Time by Carl Cape Band featuring Carl Cape (vocals and guitar), Ally Lee (guitar, vibes and production), Si Cadelik (bass), Geordie Waters (drums), Cath Reding (fiddle).
It Must Be Christmas Time by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
00:02:22: Winter garden #1:
Carl intro: Winter’s showing its face as the temperatures fall and Autumn says goodbye here in Northumberland… and Tom Pattinson’s looking at the bountiful benefits of winter plants…
Tom P: audio report
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00:07:44: Hawfinch:
Carl intro: Northumberland’s a great place for walking but you don’t have to go far as our gardens are amazing places for birds. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s been checking out some of the visitors to his feeders at home.
Tom C: audio report
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00:15:34: Winter garden #2:
Carl intro: The dormant days of winter are great for planting hardy plants and trees ready in time for them to wake up and start growing in spring, and, as Tom explains, hips and haws can provide important food for the birds.
Tom P: audio report
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00:20:41: The running of the deer:
Carl intro: Deer are beautiful, nimble, fast and graceful, and cute… and we have lots of them in Northumberland which is great but they can be a problem for trees… Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust is out and about working on woodland protection… and weaving his magic with lambswool…
Steve Lowe: audio report
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00:26:09: Turkey:
Carl intro: Birds are central to many of the stories, songs and celebrations of Christmas and for some, the turkey is the star as it becomes the centrepiece of the Christmas dinner…. Tom Cadwallender’s looking at the globetrotting turkey…
Tom C: audio report
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00:30:45: Jobs for the week with Tom P:
Carl intro: And…to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom P: audio report
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00:36:13: Outro: Carl Cape Band: It Must Be Christmas Time
Carl outro: 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.
It Must Be Christmas Time by Carl Cape Band featuring Carl Cape (vocals and guitar), Ally Lee (guitar, vibes and production), Si Cadelik (bass), Geordie Waters (drums), Cath Reding (fiddle).
It Must Be Christmas Time by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk