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
Coquet Island & new tomatoes
Everything’s looking peachy in the garden with the promise of fragrance to come… and Tom Pattinson’s on a tomato flavoured journey of discovery…
Oh…Tiptoe from the garden, by the garden of the willow tree and tip toe through the tulips… with care… really you should tiptoe and take care… join John and Dean for more cautionary tales from the Alnwick Poison Garden.
Tom Cadwallender’s ‘fettling up’ on Coquet Island in rather cold weather to help puffins and terns… and there’s news of a very very rare avian visitor!
Top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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00:00:00: Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
00:00:22: Carl Intro: 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…
Everything’s looking peachy in the garden with the promise of fragrance to come… and Tom Pattinson’s on a tomato flavoured journey of discovery…
Oh…Tiptoe from the garden, by the garden of the willow tree and tip toe through the tulips… with care… really you should tiptoe and take care… join John and Dean for more cautionary tales from the Alnwick Poison Garden.
And Tom Cadwallender’s ‘fettling up’ on Coquet Island in rather cold weather to help puffins and terns… and there’s news of a very very rare avian visitor!
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast….
00:02:13: Peachy Times:
Carl: Tom Pattinson’s doing some proper work this week… grafting and checking the grapevines and peaches… and enjoying the good life in the greenhouse.
Tom Pattinson: report:
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00:08:00: Coquet Island:
Carl: Being the cuddly sort of chap that he is… Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s helping the RSPB to check the habitat of Coquet Island to help sea birds like puffins to burrow and nest, and they’re building a hide…
Tom Cadwallender: report
00:16:25: New Tomatoes:
Carl: Tom P’s checking out a few new types of tomatoes and lettuce this week and he’s also using an eggcup to encourage what can sometimes be a difficult herb to grow… here’s Tom to tell us more.
Tom Pattinson: report:
00:22:00: Alnwick Poison Garden/Tiptoe through the tulips with care with Dean & John:
Carl: And tiptoe through the tulips with me… yes, we’ve just been listening to that wonderful classic… but hang on… tulips may be lovely but do heed the warning words of John Knox and Dean Smith, from the Alnwick Poison Garden.
Dean & John: report:
00:25:51: A Very rare visitor: Carl:
Tom Cadwallender: Now… Northumberland, the last time I looked, is a long way from China, even by plane, and a rare avian visitor has got Tom Cadwallender and a lot of enthusiastic bird watchers very excited… a muckle Northumbrian welcome to the grey headed lapwing.
00:33:39: Jobs for the week with Tom P: Carl
And to the sound of wor blackbird, here's Tom with some 'Jobs for the week':
Tom Pattinson: report:
00:39:12: Carl: Outro: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; and birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and John Knox and Dean Smith from the Alnwick Poison Garden. 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… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now.