'Salt of the Earth' is a story about a landscape of extremes. Twice a day, the salt marshes of Scotland get flooded by the incoming tide and the plants that grow here perform their own secret magic trick - surviving and thriving in both fresh and saltwater!

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Thank you to Helena Simmons of the Green Shores salt marsh restoration project at the University of St Andrews and volunteer Jess Byers for talking to us for this episode.

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