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
Ripening
It's peak summer and still wonderfully warm in Northumberland and Tom P’s ripening crops and harvesting potatoes and onions…
Tom Cadwallender’s turning the calendar page to a new season of birds and checking the Aln estuary for avian ins and outs…
Steve Lowe’s reflecting on the life of someone who inspired him to dive deep into conservation... we celebrate the work of Doctor Angus Lunn, a Northumberland Wildlife Trust stalwart and map maker extraordinaire.
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.
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Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
Carl Stiansen: Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
Thanks for joining us on a canny wee wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees, and the flowers and trees..
In this episode… It's peak summer and still wonderfully warm in Northumberland and Tom P’s ripening crops and harvesting potatoes and onions…
Tom Cadwallender’s turning the calendar page to a new season of birds… and checking the Aln estuary for avian ins and outs…
Steve Lowe’s reflecting on the life of someone who inspired him to dive deep into conservation… we celebrate the work of Doctor Angus Lunn, a Northumberland Wildlife Trust stalwart and map maker extraordinaire…
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
Carl: Summer’s splendour is all around us and Tom’s here with some super advice on growing sweet peas and how to extend growing times in the garden…
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl: Late summer’s here and for birders, well, it marks a new season for birds that are moving in or away from our shores… here’s Tom Cadwallender to tell us more.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl: Summer Vegetables are all systems go, and some are going over so Tom P’s ripening his onions and managing the harvest… and he’s taking some sensible steps to deter a plucky pheasant.
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl: Steve Lowe’s paying tribute this week to an inspirational figure in conservation, Doctor Angus Lunn MBE, a Northumberland Wildlife Trust legend who mapped Kielder (before modern tech) and recorded areas of important habitat across the county…
Steve Lowe: audio
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Carl: Back anno: And the guide book Steve mentioned is the New Naturalist’s guide to Northumberland by Doctor Angus Lunn.
Now, for some of us 24 hours is a long time flying but for birds, a long one might be ten days or more! Tom Cadwallender’s taking notes on the birds changing places and the salvation of short-stopping…
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl: And so to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden.
Tom Pattinson: audio: Jobs for the Week
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Carl Stiansen: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower. I’m Carl Stiansen, thanks for listening, and we're taking a short break now... enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now, and we'll see you in the autumn.