Tom Pattinson is propagating… and his guide can help you to make plants for free… and ooph up your borders and veg beds…
Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower Project and Northumberland Rivers Trust… is catching up on the heritage side of conservation…
Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is on a road trip to his Scottish birding roots and saving the osprey.
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P and music from Jason Vare/Shaggy: https://www.facebook.com/ShagpileMusic/
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Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
In this episode… Tom Pattinson is propagating… and his guide can help you to make plants for free… and ooph up your borders and veg beds…
Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower Project and Northumberland Rivers Trust… is catching up on the heritage side of conservation…
Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is rejoicing in the success of efforts to save birds on road trip to his Scottish birding roots.
Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
00:01:46: Tom P:
If you’ve ever thought of boosting your borders and veg beds, propagation can make a huge difference and it can help your gardening budget stretch a wee bit further… so let’s give out a hearty ‘welcome back’ to Tom…
Audio from Tom Pattinson
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00:07:29: Carl: Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s been back to his birding roots in Scotland and looking at a momentous time in his life when plans to save the osprey developed… and how reproduction programmes really paid dividends…
Audio from Tom Cadwallender...
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00:13:44: Carl: Seeds are an essential part of the ecosystem of gardens and life… Tom P has been collecting seeds and has some sage advice on how to store them.
Audio from Tom Pattinson
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00:19:13: Music: Sail On by Jason Vare or Shaggy, an old friend of the show... from his brand new album of the same name, Senses. Congrats Jason on a brilliant new album – love it!
https://www.facebook.com/ShagpileMusic/
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00:23:58: Carl: Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower Project and Northumberland Rivers Trust… is looking at heritage at risk this week and the conservation of buildings with Alan Bull from Historic England, and checking out the progress of restoration work at the tower.
Audio from Steve Lowe
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00:28:54: Carl: Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
00:34:29: Outro: Carl: 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… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature… bye for now.
Bird song: skylarks fades out.