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In this episode… we’re looking at the beauty of ‘growing your own’ and the treats of October

Tom Pattinson’s waxing lyrical about the benefits of growing a little bit of fruit and veg and how it helps to save the planet…

Tom Cadwallender is continuing his autumn diary and tracking the amazing arrivals of birds from all over the world to our coast and fields... and we’ll take a trip to one of favourite bird hides…

And we’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… 

Theme music: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape (guitar/vocals) with Steve Deegan on guitar and Jamie Robb on fiddle.

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In this episode… we’re looking at the wonders of October:

Tom Pattinson’s here to explain the chemistry that creates the colours of autumn and the fall of leaves… 

Tom Cadwallander, British Trust for Ornithology, has been tracking the amazing arrivals of birds from all over the world to our coast and we take a countryside walk with him…

And happy fish reports from the rivers of Northumberland, Steve Lowe has been catching up with the Northumberland Rivers Trust…

And 

We’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… 

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast… 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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We’re marking the change of the season from summer into autumn and catching up on seasonal reports from our correspondents… 

Tom Pattinson is looking at the importance of short and long day flowering and how the light affects our plants… 

We’re catching up on many of the comings and goings of birds over the recent weeks with Tom Cadwallander, British Trust for Ornithology, who also has news of a rare visitor to our shores… 

Creepy crawly fans unite! Spider fan, Steve Lowe, Northumberland Rivers Trust, is here to tell us all about amorous spiders and their attraction to our bathrooms. 

And 

We’ve got more great top tips for the garden from Tom and some jobs for the week… 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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Everything’s rosy in the magical gardens at Alnwick and Howick, and there is great news for fans of Earl Grey tea... 

The magnificent Union chain suspension bridge over the River Tweed between Scotland and England is 200 years old and we’re celebrating its beauty and wonderful engineering...

Steve Lowe is walking the south Northumberland coast and looking out for dolphins, sea glass and watch towers… 

Tom Cadwallander tells us the heartwarming story of the rare Roseate Tern and how Coquet island has helped.

Plus top tips and jobs for the week in the garden.

Featuring: gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology, Steve Lowe from The Rivers Trust and Naturally Northumbria, and Martha Andrews, a trustee of the Union Chain Bridge, with the Nature Garden host, Carl Stiansen.

Update to show info: the three house martin chicks have now fledged…  check out our Twitter (@TheNatureGarden), Facebook page (@TheNatureGarden) and our website: www.naturegardennotebook for more information on our stories and notes.

We're away for a few weeks on a summer break but we’ll be back in September. 

A muckle ‘Big thanks’ to all our contributors who make the show happen and to you dear listener - wishing you a great rest of the summer… 

Bye for now : )

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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The coronavirus has caused a lot of disruption to all of us but where have all the flower shows gone? Tom Pattinson is here with some good news… 

You may have noticed more butterflies than ever in your garden, yard or favourite park and you can help our understanding of butterflies by taking part in an exciting nationwide survey… 

And we’ll be hearing more from Zoe from the Big Butterfly Count later on in the show…

Tom Cadwallander is here to tell us all about the brilliant buzzard and the success of work to help them gain a firm ‘wing hold’ in the North of England and 

We’ve got more top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… 

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast...

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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In this episode…

if you fancy taking up gardening or restarting a garden project, … from pots to plots and veg patches to allotments… Tom is here to inspire you

It’s one of our most recognisable birds… whose image is found on seaside souvenirs and we just love them and their colours… Tom Cadwallander is joining the circus of puffins… 

And Ratty is back… Kelly Hollings from the Restoring Ratty Project and Northumberland Wildlife Trust reports on the return of the water vole to Kielder… 

Plus, we’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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Foliar feeding and watering techniques to help you grow terrific tomatoes…

Is it a cloud, is it a swarm… no, it’s a murmuration, Tom Cawallander’s a huge fan of the starling and will tell us more about ‘the little druid’ … and we’ll be down among the curlews on the beautiful Aln Estuary in Northumberland..

And we've got some top tips from Tom for growing the perfect potato crop and a few jobs for the week in the garden… 

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  : ) 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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We’re reflecting on the lockdown and celebrating the unlocking of gardens and nature with Tom Pattinson; Tom goes visiting a couple of gardens taking part in the National Garden Scheme. 

Tom Cadwallander is celebrating the curlew’s call and the maritime delights of the kittiwake...

And more celebration as the Northumberland Wildlife Trust prepares to reopen a wildlife centre on the beautiful Northumberland coast.

And some top gardening tips and 'jobs for the week' from Tom Pattinson...

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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What a joy the garden is at this time of the year, but please do ‘take care’… Tom’s got a timely reminder for us all…

The Dipper is one of our cleverest birds and we’ll find out all about their magical eyelids… 

Ponds can make a huge difference to our garden spaces and to the environment… and Jack is back to tell us about his wildlife-friendly creation…

Plus, the team behind a walled garden restoration at Cresswell can take a much deserved bow… Steve Lowe has the latest on this wonderful heritage project…

And some top gardening tips and 'jobs for the week' from Tom Pattinson...

All coming up on the Nature Garden Podcast….  

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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Gardening delights: 
You say potarto and I say potaytoe..well actually we say tettie around here… Tom Pattinson has been digging around to enlighten us about our spuds (potatoes!) and tomaytoes… I mean tomatoes!… 

Hydro heritage can help wildlife and tourism
Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust has found a link between pioneering hydro-electric schemes in the USA and UK on the Watouga river in North Carolina and the  Aln at Denwick, Northumberland… standby for an amazing story…

And,
Birding record on Holy Island
It’s been a very exciting week for birdwatchers on Holy island, Northumberland, UK… a new county record for a very rare bird visitor to our shores… Tom Cadwallender will tell us all about the Asian Desert Warbler…#birding

All coming up on the Nature Garden Podcast….  : ) 

Support the show

You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: [email protected]
Thank you for your support!

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