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
Avocets & Goosegogs
Hurrah for the flower shows… Tom Pattinson’s prepping his clipboard and getting ready for the competitions…
Tom Cadwallender’s here with good news about the bird that’s the RSPB’s emblem… and he’s enjoying the wonders and diversity of our seabirds...
The laburnum’s a beautiful tree but why did it have to be removed from schoolgrounds? John and Dean from the Alnwick Poison Garden will tell us more… and some tips on how not to gas yourself with cherry laurel...
Steve Lowe’s down by the river where he’s tackling a rather nasty invader….
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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Carl: Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
Come along with us as we take a bonny wee wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees… and it’s a chance to hear some great Northumbrian stories…
In this episode…
Hurrah for the flower shows… Tom Pattinson’s prepping his clipboard and getting ready for the competitions…
Tom Cadwallender’s here with good news about the bird that’s the RSPB’s emblem… and he’s enjoying the wonders and diversity of our seabirds
The laburnum’s a beautiful tree but why did it have to be removed from schoolgrounds? John and Dean from the Alnwick Garden will tell us more… and some tips on how not to gas yourself with cherry laurel.
Steve Lowe’s down by the river where he’s tackling a rather nasty invader….
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast….
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Carl: It’s show time across Northumberland as flower and fruit and veg shows begin and Tom Pattinson’s getting excited and he’s getting his clipboard ready!
Tom Pattinson: audio report : Flower shows & gooseberries
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Carl: Gannets and kittiwakes… are on the move heading out on epic adventures along with razorbills and puffins… and Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s watching from the shoreline and cliffs.
Tom Cadwallender: audio report: seabirds
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Carl: Tom’s no fool when it comes to gooseberries and the rather thorny art of fruit thinning…and guess what… ripening currants means… it’s… jam time!
Tom Pattinson: audio report: Fruity times
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Carl: Now I once cut some laurel and put the cuttings in the car…. And that’s when the smell hit me… it’s a very dangerous thing to do… and here’s John and Dean from the Alnwick Garden to tell us why you really mustn’t do what I did.
John Knox and Dean Smith: audio report: laburnum and cherry laurel
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Carl: Steve Lowe is out with the Northumberland Rivers Trust this week looking at ways for people to get involved in nature work and he’s rolling his sleeves up, well down actually… to tackle a rather nasty invasive plant.
Steve Lowe: audio report: River conservation work and Giant hogweed
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Carl: There’s been a fair bit of bad nature news around so here’s a bit of a tonic… from Tom Cadwallender… some good bird news down by the seaside where he’s watching the avocet… a bird saved by war.
Tom Cadwallender: audio report: avocets & egrets
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Carl: And to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom Pattinson: audio report: jobs for the week
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Carl: 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… 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. Enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now. Oh, and we’ll be back after a wee break, back in September…. bye for now.
Chapter timings:
00:00:00: Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
00:00:11: Carl intro
00:01:59: Flower shows & gooseberries
00:07:22: Seabirds
00:17:06: Jam time!
00:22:39: Down by the riverside with Steve and Pete
00:29:09: Avocets… good news
00:37:05: Careful: laburnum & cherry laurel
00:40:20:Jobs for the week with Tom P
00:45:49: Outro