Podcasts about Mountain ash

Claire Saxby and illustrator Jess Racklyeft take readers young and old into the hidden world amongst a giant tree's roots, trunk, branches and upper leaves where all sorts of animals and other plants thrive.

When forest ecologist David Lindenmayer was introduced to "bird people" as a teenager, it became a way for him to connect with his dad, a former chemical engineer who worked at Woomera

"AND ITS STILL ALL ABOUT THAT RAKE, 'BOUT THAT RAKE, NO SHOVEL!!!"In part 2 of their "Autumn's Beauty" series, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into more of the beauty that is autumn.Are dahlias perennials in Mexico?   Do they have a life expectancy when they are continually growing?   This sparks a conversation. Hawthorn, Mountain Ash, Witch Hazel, Contorted Hazel, Pieris Japonica, Viburnum and Fothergilla are just some of the plants discussed.  Sweetspire!   IT SMELLS SOOOOOO GREAT.What is the most hardy late flowering perennial?   You'll be interested to find out that it's not a chrysanthemum.All that and much more on Autumn's Beauty pt. 2 on The Growing Season.Looking to book a consult for your property?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE. 

Mountain Ash Press is the brainchild of authors Andi Cumbo-Floyd and Caroline Topperman who wanted to bring a combination of writer services and publication experience to create a new kind of Hybrid publisher. They talk about the challenges of being an independent publisher and what they can offer to authors.  

Rowan trees grow well in the mountains, so it's well known as Mountain Ash. Berries are ripening now and provide important food for thrushes and other birds through the winter months, hence they'll often be closely guarded by the birds who covet it!

In publishing you have traditional publishing, indie publishing and hybrid publishing. Mountain Ash Press combines the expertise of two female writers, Caroline Topperman and Andi Cumbo-Floyd, to create a boutique hybrid press that helps writers from the beginning concept of a book all the way to the end. Today I have them on the show to talk about everything their press does for authors, how they came up with the idea and a fun retreat they'll be hosting in the fall of 2023.Visit Mountain Ash Press on their website here: https://mountainash.press/Do you want to attend a retreat in Spain? Come join us for a week of writing and creative inspiration in Toledo, Spain at the Write With Us! Writing Retreat. Click here for more information. https://katcaldwell.com/write-all-weekWant to support the podcast?You can support the podcast at https://pencilsandlipstick.com/support-the-show/Sign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://www.subscribepage.com/katcaldwellnewsletterWant more information on my books, author swaps, short stories and what I'm reading? Sign up for my readers' newsletter. You can always ask me writing questions on instagram @pencilsandlipstick or on Twitter @PencilLipstickFind the transcript for this episode here.

World renowned forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer discusses the breaking news that the Andrews Labor state government has announced that Victoria will end native forest logging and native forest timber production by January 2024 – 6 years ahead of schedule. David talks about the decades long campaign to end native forest logging in Victoria and the economics and science that supports ceasing it. After being promised a Great Forest National Park in 2014, David shares why we need one now more than ever. He also explains what the decision means for the regeneration of our native forests, as well as the plantation forest industry and forestry workers. David is based at the ANU's Fenner School of Environment & Society where he researches the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands in Victoria. He is also a member of the Biodiversity Council.

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Today's poem is John Muir, A Dream, A Waterfall, A Mountain Ash by Robert Hass.

Today's poem is John Muir, A Dream, A Waterfall, A Mountain Ash by Robert Hass.

Today's poem is John Muir, A Dream, A Waterfall, A Mountain Ash by Robert Hass.

Track list - Mountain Ash Mix - feat. Cally **************************************************************************** 01. Treena Rose – Tell Me All About It (Main Vocal) 02. Shake The Dog Featuring Monique Bingham – Run (Alt Version 2 Vocal) 03. Bongi Mvuyana & Kafele Bandele - Fix Your Love (Ralf GUM Main Mix) 04. Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People (C.J.'s Club Mix) 05. Jon Dixon - Feel Your Touch (Original Mix) feat. L'Renee 06. D-Compost - Loose Control (Fizzikx Vibe n Soul Vocal Mix) 07. Nathan Haines – Earth Is The Place (DJ Gregory & Julien Jabre Voxy Pass) 08. Chris Stussy - Flow Distinction (Original Mix) 09. Melle Brown - Feel About You (ft. Annie Mac) 10. WillowMan - One more night 11. Manolo - We Praise (Original Mix) 12. Antenna - Round About Midnight (outro) **************************************************************************** Cally from Sydney, Australia is going deep! Enjoy this very soulful mix set feat. tracks by Barbara Tucker, Nathan Haines, Manolo and many more! ____________ Support the Deep House Cat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deephousecats/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwcUSe8m5Q1-qZcZ1w8MejA/feed Mixcloud Select: https://www.mixcloud.com/DeepHouseCatShow/select/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deephousecatshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/deephousecat #deephouse #mountainash #soulfulhouse #housemusic #deep #house #soulful #podcast #dancemusic #radio #love #podcaster #repost #mixcloud #podcastersofinstagram #itunes #instamusic #instagroove #freemusic #freepodcast #weekly

No music, no voices. Just the sound of the mountain ash forest, recorded by the ABC's Dr Ann Jones. The mountain ash is the tallest flowering plant in the world, a eucalypt that can reach 90m in height. And beneath its arbour is an incredible array of wildlife, including an incredible chorus of birds. I recorded this while filming 'Australia's Favourite Tree' for ABC TV near Marysville in Victoria. It was a cold, misty morning on Taungurong Country and among the first sounds that can be heard in this recording is a male lyrebird practising some of his repertoire – both mimicry and his own sounds. 00:01:51 The lyrebird is imitating a black cockie here. 00:03:42 this lazer sort of sound is the lyrebird's own sounds. 00:06:25 The lyrebird makes both the male and female components of the whip bird call! 00:06:55 Heeeeere comes a parrot, screaming as it goes. 00:07:20 Pied Currawongs call to each other in the distance. 00:23:00 A fly fly-by! 00:35:10 Actual yellow tailed black-cockatoos incoming! 00:36:40 This incredibly sharp-sounding call is the pilot bird, a small brownish bird of the understorey. So-called because it sometimes 'pilots' the lyrebird, taking advantage of the lyrebirds superior digging skills to grab invertebrate prey uncovered. 00:56:40 Tune your ear to higher frequencies to hear a wonderful insect calling in pulses. 01:02:40 We've got some sulphur-crested cockatoo begging happening here. Consistent nagging like a toddler at the top of a tree.  01:30:50 A pair of real whipbirds make an appearance here, with a two-part duet consisting of build and whip, and then an answering 'chew chew.' 01:34:20 The wing beats of a bird in flight. 01:56:30 Among the smaller birds, perhaps scrubwrens and thornbills, and definitely a grey fantail and a pilotbird, you can hear the black-cockies take flight and call to each other, the pied currawong. 

No music, no voices. Just the sound of the mountain ash forest, recorded by the ABC's Dr Ann Jones. The mountain ash is the tallest flowering plant in the world, a eucalypt that can reach 90m in height. And beneath its arbour is an incredible array of wildlife, including an incredible chorus of birds. I recorded this while filming 'Australia's Favourite Tree' for ABC TV near Marysville in Victoria. It was a cold, misty morning on Taungurong Country and among the first sounds that can be heard in this recording is a male lyrebird practising some of his repertoire – both mimicry and his own sounds. 00:01:51 The lyrebird is imitating a black cockie here. 00:03:42 this lazer sort of sound is the lyrebird's own sounds. 00:06:25 The lyrebird makes both the male and female components of the whip bird call! 00:06:55 Heeeeere comes a parrot, screaming as it goes. 00:07:20 Pied Currawongs call to each other in the distance. 00:23:00 A fly fly-by! 00:35:10 Actual yellow tailed black-cockatoos incoming! 00:36:40 This incredibly sharp-sounding call is the pilot bird, a small brownish bird of the understorey. So-called because it sometimes 'pilots' the lyrebird, taking advantage of the lyrebirds superior digging skills to grab invertebrate prey uncovered. 00:56:40 Tune your ear to higher frequencies to hear a wonderful insect calling in pulses. 01:02:40 We've got some sulphur-crested cockatoo begging happening here. Consistent nagging like a toddler at the top of a tree.  01:30:50 A pair of real whipbirds make an appearance here, with a two-part duet consisting of build and whip, and then an answering 'chew chew.' 01:34:20 The wing beats of a bird in flight. 01:56:30 Among the smaller birds, perhaps scrubwrens and thornbills, and definitely a grey fantail and a pilotbird, you can hear the black-cockies take flight and call to each other, the pied currawong. 

It's time to properly explore Mountain Ash. By getting up early the children get to learn a lot about how the city works and how different it is from life on the farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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,Dean has over 30 years of experience working in elite sport working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist.He was Head Physiotherapist at England Cricket for over ten years during the period when the national team saw some fantastic success including the iconic Ashes victory of 2005.  He was also Head of Medical Services at Surrey County Cricket Club for over four years. He began his career with Glamorgan County Cricket Club and his career with them stretches from 1989 to 2019.  He has seen hundreds of professional cricketers, including world renowned players such as Ravi Shastri, Viv Richards,  Waqar Younis and Jacques Kallis stretched out on his treatment table but insists that, to him, each person is just another collection of muscle and bone to be analysed and treated.A Mountain Ash boy brought up in a miner's pub Dean still watches the local rugby team most Saturdays and is very proud of his valley's roots.  We talk about his early years and his rugby career that first opened his eyes to the skills and abilities of the physiotherapist.  He talks about University, his early clinical experiences and the connections that brought him to Glamorgan.Dean tells us a little of the life of the cricket physio ( the days are long !) and some of the places and people he has met.  Mike Fatkin was part of the management team  at Glamorgan when he started there in 1989 (uhm !!) and has turned into a long life friend.  He talks about how he approached the task of keeping all the players in the team as fit as possible, the importance of dealing in percentages of fitness and the need for players to rest.Outside of the successful teams he has been associated with Dean remains a Valleys boy, proud of where he has come from and keen to see the game of cricket grow through programmes like the All Stars and the Dynamoes.

My guest is Cel Robertson, author and owner of Forever Green Flower Co. an artisan flower farm in North Norfolk, England, growing garden gathered blooms for sale to florists and flower lovers.  Cel's commitment to sustainability and her steadfast conviction in the power of collective actions to create necessary change make her a persuasive champion of locally grown flowers.  As an educator she manages to twine the beauty of the field to the necessity of spreadsheets, ensuring that growing ventures can become stable businesses.  Her new book with Bloom Magazine is out now, a wonderful guide to growing cut flowers that is packed with Cel's grace and wisdom.  Garden People Podcast from https://www.instagram.com/violetear_studio/ (@violetear_studio) L I S T E N https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/garden-people/id1595934172 (iTunes) https://open.spotify.com/show/7qlYq5yVrLEgfCuZOtrPcn (Spotify) https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/garden-people (Stitcher) S H O W N O T E S https://www.instagram.com/forevergreenflowerco/ (Cel Robertson) https://www.forevergreenflowerco.co.uk (Forever Green Flower Company) https://bloommag.co.uk/collections/all/products/cut-flowers (Cel's book, Cut Flowers) https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-go-peat-free (How to go peat free plus alternatives), UK resource list, https://www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/gardens/a37605442/peat-free-composts/ (US resource list) https://charlesdowding.co.uk (No Dig (Charles Dowding)) / https://lovenfreshflowers.com/2019/05/30/no-till-flower-farming/ (No Till Flower Farming (Love n' Fresh Flowers)) https://www.floretflowers.com/growing-with-landscape-fabric/ (Floret's how-to on using horticultural fabric for weed suppression) Soil testing: https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/afsic/soil-quality-and-testing (USA lab services), https://www.rhs.org.uk/membership/rhs-gardening-advice/soil-analysis-service (UK RHS services), https://amzn.to/3MlfGtc (at home tests) P L A N T L I S T https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/10-varieties-of-astrantia-to-grow/ (Astrantia ideas) https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/10-ferns-to-grow/ (Fern ideas) https://www.thespruce.com/twelve-species-cultivars-of-birch-trees-3269660 (Birch tree ideas) https://www.thespruce.com/growing-hellebores-in-the-garden-1402846 (Helleborus ideas) https://www.summerwindsnursery.com/ca/plants/trees/japanese-maple/type/ (Japanese Maple Acer japonica ideas) https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/trees/rowan/rowan-mythology-and-folklore/ (Rowan tree myth and lore), https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/rowan/ (Rowan) and https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ItemID=872 (Mountain Ash) https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/335637/pennisetum-alopecuroides-dark-desire/details (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Dark Desire')

This weeks mini episode is all about Mountain Ash. Many Teen Wolf fans know how important Mountain Ash is to the show and how often it is used, for good or evil. Listen as Erin and Meghan provide research on this lovely plant and talk all things there is to know about it. We also talk about how it's used in Teen Wolf, no spoilers of course. As always, we get off on tangents, but what do you expect at this point! This quick little episode will surely prepare you for next weeks Teen Wolf rewatch where Mountain Ash is 1st introduced properly to the audience. Music: Climb by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com-Follow us on Instagram @thenemetontwpodEmail- thenemetontw@gmail.comErin's Referenceshttps://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ItemID=872https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=soam3https://arbordayblog.org/treeoftheweek/american-mountainash-witchwood-tree/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_americanahttps://www.britannica.com/plant/mountain-ash-plantMeghan's Referenceshttps://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-tree-lore/rowanFor Rewatchers ONLY**Spoilers**https://teen-wolf-pack.fandom.com/wiki/Mountain_Ash

This week on the summer series hear from Tom Fairman tell the story of how Mountain Ash has been reseeded into thousands of hectares after the black summer bushfires. Also on the show we revisit Stu's story explaining why some research about hum an cloning is not as it seems.

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark Mountain ash, which is not really an ash tree nor does it exclusively grow on mountains, offers late-season berries for hungry wildlife. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com About the host/writers: Joe Horn lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder of Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide and Carpenter. He is passionate about fishing, cooking, and making things with his hands. He has both an MBA in Sustainability and an MS focused in Environmental Education. Joe can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/20/21: Mountain Ash first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark Mountain ash, which is not really an ash tree nor does it exclusively grow on mountains, offers late-season berries for hungry wildlife. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com About the host/writers: Joe Horn lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder of Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide and Carpenter. He is passionate about fishing, cooking, and making things with his hands. He has both an MBA in Sustainability and an MS focused in Environmental Education. Joe can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/20/21: Mountain Ash first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark Mountain ash, which is not really an ash tree nor does it exclusively grow on mountains, offers late-season berries for hungry wildlife. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com About the host/writers: Joe Horn lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder of Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide and Carpenter. He is passionate about fishing, cooking, and making things with his hands. He has both an MBA in Sustainability and an MS focused in Environmental Education. Joe can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/20/21: Mountain Ash first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

This week on the show Claire speaks to researcher Tom Fairman about the huge effort to save Mountain Ash forests by reseeding thousands of hectares after the Black Summer bushfires.  Also on the show Chris talks us through the science behind the Nobel Prize for Physics, and how explaining chaos has huge implications for our understanding of climate change. 

You didn't think we'd leave this colour out, did you?White - the colour that makes up 25% of the all the floral colour in nature is the latest entry in our TGS Colour Series. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat about many of your favourites and some you may not know.  Hydrangea, Mountain Ash, Solomon's Seal, White Oak, Sweet Autumn Clematis and Snowberry are all discussed. A small segment called "white in name only" features plants that use the name white but are definitely not that colour.Need a visual?  The visual accompaniment to The Growing Season is here to help.  CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show.  CLICK HERE.  

G'day and welcome to the penultimate installation of our Spring ‘21 collection wherein we of course are covering the famous Australian giant, the mountain-ash eucalyptus. The tallest growing angiosperm in the world, and a tree that can fight off nearly everything, this week we discuss the fabulous way eucalyptus trees use chemical defenses to ward off unwanted nibblers...and how some of those nibblers have used that to their advantage. Completely Arbortrary is produced by Alex Crowson and Casey Clapp Production Consultant - Oliviah Franke Artwork - Jillian Barthold Music - The Mini Vandals Find additional reading at completelyarbortrary.com Follow our Instagram @arbortrarypod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/completely-arbortrary/support

“I WILL KILL YOU: The Mountain Ash Hospital EVP” and More Paranormal Horror Stories! #WeirdDarknessPlease SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show! THIS IS A WEEKEND DARKIVE EPISODE WITH STORIES FROM JUNE 2018.SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Inherited From My Mother: A View From The Other Side” by Ruth Manilow: http://bit.ly/2PBhgyN “The Black-Eyed Girl of Cannock Chase” by G. Michael Vasey: http://bit.ly/2HAko7u “'We Want You Gone...” The Living Hell of the Thornton Heath Poltergeist” by G. Michael Vasey: http://bit.ly/30S1bpA “Poltergeist Terror in South Shields” by G. Michael Vasey: http://bit.ly/2Lk5FhZ “Black Friday” by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavis “The Shadowy Apparition That Took Me By Surprise” submitted anonymously: http://bit.ly/2HDxyka “The Other Side is Trying To Communicate With Me” by Gemma Jenkins: http://bit.ly/2LebaQq “Assaulted By a Ghost: A Living Hell” by Mrs Phillippa Hilsden: http://bit.ly/2ZIrQrk “The Cross My Mother Haunted” by Heather Bleinhem: http://bit.ly/2zK6pb2 “I Will Kill You: Mountain Ash Hospital Ghost Threatens a Ghost Hunter” by G. Michael Vasey: http://bit.ly/2ZHnNf0 Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony: https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t, Midnight Syndicate: http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ, Kevin MacLeod: https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu, Tony Longworth: https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7, and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu: https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8 is used with permission. 

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“The Black Spur Drive in Australia's scenic Yarra Ranges wends through ‘majestic Mountain Ash forests' and past gurgling brooks, taking tourists to lush beauty spots…”So begins today's story from Dr. Jennifer Jones.For further reading:On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture by Jennifer Jones (Australian National University Press, 2020) Episode transcript:https://skymichaeljohnston.com/90secnarratives/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://rogermoorepoet.com/2021/04/04/mountain-ash/

Guardian Australia reporter Luke Henriques-Gomes returns to discuss poverty, disability and unemployment policy in Australia, as well as the government’s proposed introduction of controversial NDIS ‘independent assessments’. A special panel of experts join Amy to discuss the Declaration of the Rights of the Moon, which they co-authored. Hear from US-based nature rights advocate Mari Margil, Executive Director of Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, as well as space archaeologist Alice Gorman aka 'Dr Space Junk', and Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Planetary Observations as they talk about why we must protect the moon from human exploitation and interference now, more than ever. Professor David Lindenmayer, a world-leading expert in forest ecology based at the ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society’s returns to discuss his latest co-authored research paper showing that 19 major Australian ecosystems are collapsing. This includes Victoria’s critically-endangered Mountain Ash forests.

Featuring facts, folklore, and some questionable jelly, join our hosts Alice and Alex as they discuss the beautiful Rowan Tree (or Mountain Ash, or Thor's Helper... or whatever you're like to call it).

Mountain Ash is a native deciduous tree that is found throughout the cold climates of the northern hemisphere and as far away as Tibet. It yields a rich bounty of small orange-red berries that ruffed grouse happen to love. Its berries tend to stay on the branch long into the winter, providing a food source for many birds, including grouse. The images in this article or a quick google of “Mountain Ash” can help with visual identification.

Is Australia's unprecedented megafire season bound to be repeated? If our forests can take between 80 and 150 years to fully recover, do we need to devise new ways of dealing with the aftermath of such disaster?

On the programme this week Paraic looked back at the recent Climate Fest event which featured various workshops and seminars on how can positively impact the issue of climate change at an individual level. One such way from the perspective of gardening is to plant more trees and the programme looked at a range of native Irish trees with that in mind such as Hazel, Willow, Poplar, Mallus and Lime. There was information on how to get Hazel trees to fruit, the different kinds of Mountain Ash, trees suitable for an elevated site and trees suitable for wet conditions. Listeners questions included varieties of blue roses, trimming back Dogwood, growing micro greens, cultivating kiwi fruit in tunnels, the planting and care of Helibores and the creation of green manure.

On the programme this week Paraic looked back at the recent Climate Fest event which featured various workshops and seminars on how can positively impact the issue of climate change at an individual level. One such way from the perspective of gardening is to plant more trees and the programme looked at a range of native Irish trees with that in mind such as Hazel, Willow, Poplar, Mallus and Lime. There was information on how to get Hazel trees to fruit, the different kinds of Mountain Ash, trees suitable for an elevated site and trees suitable for wet conditions. Listeners questions included varieties of blue roses, trimming back Dogwood, growing micro greens, cultivating kiwi fruit in tunnels, the planting and care of Helibores and the creation of green manure.

Every autumn, we owe a debt of gratitude to our trees.   They give our gardens the best gift: leaves.   Over the past decade, there's been a resurgence of interest in the restorative power of leaves in the garden. For some gardeners, this is new news. Yet, we've known about the wonderful contributions of leaves in the garden for a long time.   As proof, here's a little post from the The York Daily  out of York Pennsylvania on October 23, 1879:   "Fallen leaves make excellent compost for the garden."   And, theSunday News out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from November 16, 1952, wrote this:   "Many city gardeners and suburban farmers... now realize the value of leaves as fertilizer and mulching material and are glad to take the leaves off the Street Departments hands...      This helps solve the problem of what to do with the fallen leaves, but it doesn't help the raking aches."       Brevities #OTD   Today is the birthday of the English watercolorist and founding advocate of the picturesque landscape, William Gilpin, who was born on this day in 1762. As an early headmaster and vicar of the Cheam School, Gilpin taught vegetable, as well as ornamental, gardening to the students. In 1777, Gilpin became the parson at the Boldre church of St. John the Baptist in the New Forest district of Hampshire. The church dates back to the 11th century. Gilpin was a fount of knowledge about the area surrounding Boldre Church and its flora and fauna. Gilpin served as the Boldre church parson until his death in 1804 at the age of 80. Gilpin is buried, alongside his wife, in the church cemetery beside an old maple tree. His inscription reads: "It will be a new joy to meet several of their good neighbors who now lie scattered in these sacred precincts around them."   Gilpin would travel around the English countryside, creating beautiful watercolors of the landscape and keeping journals where he refined his thoughts on the picturesque landscape . Gilpin filled his sketchbooks with drawings and observations on landscapes and how to paint them. Gilpin wrote, "In order to color chastely and harmoniously, use only 3 tints: red, yellow, and blue..."   Gilpin's accounts of his travels were published in guidebooks and created popular interest in natural beauty and the picturesque landscape.  Gilpin's bestselling book, "Observations on the River Wye: And Several Parts of South Wales, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty: Made in the Summer of the year 1770"  (often referred to as the River Wye guidebook),  brought scads of tourists to the area during the 18th century. Gilpin wrote: "Every distant horizon promises something new; and with this pleasing expectation we follow nature through all her walks."   During his time, Gilpin was an arbiter of artistic taste, and he thought that artists should try to find the most "picturesque" view of a landscape. Gilpin didn't enjoy artificial creations and lines in the garden. He was a fan of more natural-looking landscapes that were often  savage and less domesticated. To Gilpin, the best landscapes offered ruins and mountains along with trees. Gilpin's watercolors were created on site and he wasn't opposed to using a little artistic license to make the scene more compelling; adding a little bridge or tree or making a ruin ever more ruinous. In 1786, Gilpin wrote, "A ruin is a sacred thing. Rooted for ages in the soil; assimilated to it; and become, as it were, a part of it ..."    A simple way to remember the picturesque style, is to remember that Gilpin was a painter and he was seeing the landscape with “a painter’s eye”. The picturesque was a view that was worthy of being painted and Gilpin said it was "that kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture." The bottom line is that the images were designed to get your attention.  Gilpin wrote: "Our eyes are only glass windows; we see with our imagination."   Gilpin was the first president of The Royal Watercolor Society and he is remembered for his books including one of his most popular called "Forest Scenery" which included 45 watercolors and descriptions of trees and shrubs;  and instructions for how to capture a picturesque effect through the clumping of trees. Gilpin adored trees. He wrote:  "It is no exaggerated praise to call a tree the grandest and most beautiful of all productions on earth!"   For instance, the "roan-tree" was noted for having "glowing berries". Rowan was the common name for the Mountain Ash, also known as "the witch" or "quickening-tree". The origin of the word rowan comes from a german word meaning "to redden" and it refers to the little,  red berries. On the other hand, Gilpin was not a fan of the Hawthorn, writing that it had , "little claim to picturesque beauty... It is but a poor appendage. Its shape is bad. It does not taper and point like the Holly, but is rather a matted, round, heavy bush. Its fragrance indeed is great ; but its bloom, which is the source of that fragrance, is spread over it in too much profusion."  In 1832, Gilpin published Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening: with some remarks on Domestic Architecture, as connected with scenery,which ran to a second edition in 1835. He wrote it because he said he felt there was little "practical information" in the books available at the time. One of my favorite parts of the book is where he discusses how to get a client to support ideas for their Landscape.   "It has ever appeared to me, that a very essential part of an improver's duty is to explain to the proprietor the principles upon which he suggests any plan of improvement. This, during the progress of the work, not only enhances the pleasure of the proprietor, and assists his general taste, but it also ensures his future care, through the periodical prunings and thinnings which must of necessity take place."   Gilpin encouraged landscapers, (he referred to them as improvers), to educate their clients, to overcome objections and prejudices. To Gilpin's view, educating customers was sufficient; once they understood the general design, they would surely come around.  More quotes from Gilpin:   "The picturesque eye, in quest of beauty, finds it in almost every incident." "The pleasures of the chase are universal. A hare started before dogs is enough to set the whole country in an uproar."           #OTD  On this day in 1777, Caspar Wistar treated the wounded during the battle of Germantown and decided he would pursue  medical training. Wistar ("Wiss-Star")is the names     of The Wistar Institute; the nation's first independent biomedical research center. Today, they focus on cancer, infectious disease & vaccine research to benefit human health. The botanist Thomas Nuttall gave the name Wisteria to the genus in honor of Caspar Wistar. Some people pronounce it "Wis-star-ia" to reflect the proper spelling of Casper Wistar's last name.       #OTD   Today is the birthday of the Master Collector of Botanists, John Hendley Barnhart who was born on this day in 1871. Barnhart was an American botanist who specialized in the biographies of other botanists. Like many botanists, Barnhart came to botany through medicine. After training to be a doctor, he never practiced medicine and instead turned his full-time attention to botany. Barnhart is remembered for his work at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) where he served as the Bibliographer of the Garden from 1913 to 1942. An amateur genealogist, his famous biographical index of botanists included over 20,000 cards. Barnhart's strength was Input; he collected vast amounts of information, stored it, and retrieved it for experts when called upon. His obituary stated that scientists all over the world leveraged Barnhart for their research. An article featured in The Nebraska State Journal from December 12, 1919 had a fascinating headline, "Famous Botanists Who Never Breathed". "Dr. Barnhart declares that the subjects of eleven biographical sketches of botanists in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American biography are figments; that their births, their names, their voyages, their scientific adventures and their numerous books, so solemnly given by title and number of volumes, existed only in the mind of some falsifier of the human record. For instance, an Alexander Daniel Koehler, who, inspired by Humboldt, came to America, lived for seven years at Santa Fe, explored South America and wrote, among many other works, "Flora Brasiliensis," published in four volumes in Berlin in 1821-23."  Barnhart believed that the eleven fake botanist biographies were the work of one person... but we don't know who or why they did it.   The was another fun newspaper account of Barnhart. This one was from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle   from April 27, 1934. It gave an account of a lecture by Barnhart on the wild flowers of North America. He said, "... buttercups and bright red columbines that once covered the countryside are in increasing danger of extinction as a result of the depredations of motorists. The only flowers free from danger are those which, like water lilies and marigolds, are naturally difficult of access. The purplish-white blossoms of mountain laurel are generally conceded to be the loveliest of North American wild flowers. Drosera, (commonly known as the sundews) the only carnivorous Northern flower, that trips and devours tiny insects by means of sticky, porous leaves, is a demure, deceptive yellow blossom. The coy trillium and the strange, bloated pitcher flower are among the curiosities of this part of the world, while the airy white flower genially named Dutchmen's breeches looks the most nonchalant. Certain flower names, like those of the rose and the lily, have come down to us almost unchanged since ancient times, and are practically similar in all European languages."           Unearthed Words   "Come said the wind to  the leaves one day,  Come o're the meadows  and we will play.  Put on your dresses  scarlet and gold,  For summer is gone  and the days grow cold." - A Children's Song of the 1880's     "Trees enrich our lives throughout the year. They reassure us with the rustle of their leaves, give us shade to soothe our overheated bodies and they bring delight to us when we watch birds nest in their boughs. However, it is only during the fall that they wave flamboyant foliage that seems to demand our attention." - Blue Ridge Parkway: A Guide to Trees         Today's book recommendation: The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen The 2010 book is the updated version of the best-selling classic. It features a dozen new projects. The New York Times said this book was the "contemporary bible" on Urban Homesteading. This book is an excellent resource. It's an idea book and  that gives you the tools to get started on path to self-sufficiency. It offers fantastic examples of how, no matter the size of your space, you can support yourself and your family in an environmentally-responsible way. The authors, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, are creators of the blog Root Simple, a green living and self-reliance resource for homesteaders, urban and otherwise. They live in Los Angeles.         Today's Garden Chore Thoroughly wash and inspect your houseplants before bringing them back indoors.  My houseplants get a nice spa day in the kitchen sink when they come back inside for the winter. First, they get a little time to acclimate to the temperature inside before they get their turn at the sink. Then I wash the leaves with sharp streams water and a little dawn dish soap. And don't forget about the bottom and sides of the pot; no need to track in extra dirt or insects.           Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   Today's show started with a little Monologue about leaves, and I thought I'd share this adorable little advertisement from WC Landon and Companyin the Rutland Daily Herald out of Vermont From September 27, 1927:   Whether You Save Your Leaves for excellent cover for garden and lawn or whether you burn them you need a good rake to get them together. Here are four different kinds, all good The Japanese Sweep Rake, light and handy, but not for heavy work.......$1.00 The Wood Lawn Rake with 24 teeth, for heavy work .......$1.00 The Hoover Wire Lawn Rake is much favored at ....... 75c The Brume Rake with flat steel teeth, shaped like the Japanese Sweep, priced at .......$1.00   So, there you go. That's a sweet, little summary of Rake options in Vermont in 1927.       Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

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From the Giant Sequoia to the Cathedral-like Mountain Ash forest, modern timber skyscrapers to the brutal death of a heritage Milkwood, we explore the world of trees.

From the Giant Sequoia to the Cathedral-like Mountain Ash forest, modern timber skyscrapers to the brutal death of a heritage Milkwood, we explore the world of trees.

On this week's episode, Dustin sits down with Zach Byrd, an avid YouTube channel host and and outdoor poet and videographer. Zach and Dustin talk about trends going on in our modern society, hunting traditions, and much more in this stimulating, outdoor life enriching podcast. Dustin features two of Zach's works in the beginning and end of the podcast, The Falling of the Veil and the Call of Fall which are short films from YouTube:   Connect with Zach: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008617751427 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/348335505290195/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/byrddogJo613  The Falling of The Veil: https://youtu.be/HZNEwl1BDaQ  The Call of Fall: https://youtu.be/3KwEmdLT3aw  Text of The Falling of the Veil: I was 24 when I realized the wild was dying. The epiphany came to me while deer hunting one October evening. Such epiphanies rarely seize a man of the morning time, I've found. There's a frailty to morning light. It softens the hard edges of the world where the dew of night makes camp. Its angle radiates a white hue and illuminates the unnamed particles of vagabondage—the dregs of dreams—the frayed edges of night—both waltzing a final waltz. It glows like a lover's breath and curls along each beam like baby-hair. During such moments, a poet can only sing. October is spring within the fall here in Georgia. A deciduous cacophony sweeps the hollows. The vibrant yellows of Mountain Ash, Bitternut Hickory and Black Walnut harmonize in splendor with the subtle bronze shield of the American Beech and Sweet Birch. Fiery clashes from the Northern Red Oak and American Sycamore erupt and seem to disperse red flickering embers of the Red Maple, Black Cherry and Flowering Dogwood. But evening light lands differently upon a man's heart. The harsh angle does not bring with it a new day. Instead, it rides on a thin veil of dusk and as this veil drifts over the cacophony, the former colors begin to smear with one another in static noise. As night impedes, the observer is left looking at a muddy and mysterious scene, drained of its vibrancy. The wind through it whispers but two words: brevity and goodbye. It was during one of these October evenings that I heard a similar whisper in my heart. The words formed and lingered like a hybrid of mist and smog—a clumsy juxtaposition composed of forest noise and the hum of distant highway traffic. From my tree near the mountaintop, far away, I could see the pulse of the city. Brake lights flickered between invisible tree branches. Occasional horn honks shot outward into the forest like futuristic arrows. Faintly, when the wind blew just right, I could make out the golden arches of the burger joint below. As night arrived and I began gathering my equipment, I felt a weight inside me I'd not felt before. It was not tied to knowing I'd soon assume my position within the red pulse of civilization. No, I'd already come to terms with that epiphany at a younger age. This was different, subdued, like the impossible ideas that transcend the minds of children and twist them into adults or the gray and gritty smear between erosion lines. As I made my descent and the city was swallowed by the mountainside, I looked out across the drained lowlands of the Etowah River Valley and saw great running ghostly gray squares in the night that look barren and alien even from space. As I pulled my truck out onto the road, as my eyes squinted into the headlights of oncoming cars, I realized that these are the evening days of wildness. Although the deer still fear our silhouette and our scent and the squirrel continue to bark at the cadence of our footfalls over dry leaves, I know in my heart that these creatures are static noise. They are echoes of a day when wildness could not be tamed. And they are caught, just as I am caught, somewhere in a dusky hue, where history and the present moment tear apart and become strangers to one another. I still go to the woods. The wildest spot I find there is often in my mind, when I'm able to imagine the fleeting vision of how it all was before it all was not. Sometimes it's a Cherokee in my periphery, kneeling near a log, his turkey feathers quietly shaking as he draws his bow. Other times it's along the long lashes of a mother doe as her fawn nurses the last few drops from her before the leaves begin to change. I haven't stopped killing deer but I don't take as many as I once did. Nowadays, I like being near deer more than anything. I think it's because we share a common awareness. For one of us, it's conscious, for the other, a raw flame of instinct. But for each of us it acts as a compass needle. It keeps us alive. It tells us when to run, when to stop. It tells us when to eat and when to rest. The needle of the doe sends her away from me. And my needle sends me after her. Sometimes it's to kill. But most times, it's only to witness a brief, muddy glimpse before the falling of the veil. ----more---- About the Podcast: The Best of the Outdoors Podcast is optimized to bring listeners the best in hunting, fishing, shooting, bowfishing and other outdoor activities. The show is broadcast across a number of different audio platforms and serves as a source of education and inspiration for all things outdoors. Host Dustin Warncke is a critically-acclaimed author, outdoor writer for TF&G and other publications, video and audio producer, speaker and blogger who has excelled in many areas of outdoor media. Texas Fish & Game is the largest and most popular outdoor publication in the Lone Star State. No other publication matches our coverage of hunting, fishing, guns, gear, tackle, conservation, outdoor news, and wildlife subjects. Our editorial cadre includes the best outdoor writers in the Lone Star State—all experts in their respective fields. This is the sportsman's one-stop resource for information and education on Texas' outdoors.  

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Listen to birds and possums communicating about land grabs, politics and sex. To celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, this program about a forest chorus is from the Off Track archive.

Listen to birds and possums communicating about land grabs, politics and sex. To celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, this program about a forest chorus is from the Off Track archive.

Professor David Lindenmayer AO from the ANU delved into the unique and critically endangered Mountain Ash forests and their ecosystems in Victoria's Central Highlands with presenter Amy Mullins. Broadcast on August 1, 2017.

In this special Uncommon Sense podcast, ProfessorDavid Lindenmayerfrom the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU discussedthe unique and critically endangered Mountain Ash forests and their ecosystem in Victoria's Central Highlands with host Amy Mullins.

This week on Uncommon Sense, New Matildas Ben Eltham chatted to host Amy Mullins on the latest in federal politics, and Amber Jamieson, Breaking News Reporter for Buzzfeed US dialled in from New York to talk American politics. Professor David Lindenmayer from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU discussed the unique and critically endangered Mountain Ash forests and their ecosystem in Victoria's Central Highlands, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, film critic and co-editor of Senses of Cinema spoke about her Overland essay on the history of women's film criticism in Australia.

The 2014 OAA-ANU Lecture The world’s tallest flowering plants – the Mountain Ash forests – lie just 90 minutes’ drive north-east from the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They are the world’s most carbon dense ecosystems. They yield almost all of Melbourne’s water supply and are a critical environment for a wide range of native plants and animals. Mountain Ash forests are also subject to widespread logging, primarily for paper production and were the scene of the 2009 Black Saturday wildfires – the worst natural disaster in Australian history. The ANU has conducted key research programs on forest ecology, biodiversity conservation and disturbance (logging and fire) impacts in these forests since mid-1983 leading to a major body of new knowledge and an array of exciting scientific discoveries. In this lecture Professor David Lindenmayer summarises some of the extra-ordinary ecology of Mountain Ash forests and some sobering recent research results highlighting links between past logging operations and the elevated severity of the 2009 fires. Remarkably, very few Australians know about these forests – or of the enormous economic benefits that could accrue from strategic tourism investment and infrastructure. The final part of this Lecture outlines an exciting new vision for the regions lie north-east of Melbourne – a vision that ultimately may be critical to the very long-term persistence of this majestic forest itself – with resultant benefits for all Australians.” Academic, media, business, professional, political, community leaders, Association members - and guests are invited to participate in this ecological expose that has the potential to impact on each and every one of us - now and into the future.

Black Saturday seared itself into the history books and the memories of many on 7 February 2009. The grieving, the slow recovery and the debates continue. Over missions of years, the world's tallest flowering plants, the great Mountain Ash eucalypts of the forests of Victoria, have evolved as "fire weeds" ensuring their survival by spreading their seeds in ash beds open to the light previously shadowed by their towering canopies. They die to survive. Their cycles are much longer than ours. But their special relationship to the inevitability of devastating fires withing the "fire flume" of the Victorian bush offers a tough but essential lesson for the local communities and policy makers at both state and federal levels, as historian Tom Griffiths (Australian National University) tells Peter Clarke.