Springtime

About this episode

Tom Pattinson discusses spring gardening tips and wildlife observations, along with updates from an archaeological dig at Lindisfarne.

Hello spring! Tom Pattinson’s getting the pruning gear out but please do consider carefully before you chop… Tom’s here to give us a steer. Tom Cadwallender’s muckle glad to be back and he’s enjoying woodpeckers and fieldfares at dawn… And we have an exciting update from the latest dig at Lindisfarne and some amazing new finds… Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. Support the show You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers...

People in this episode

Host: Tom Pattinson

Guest: Tom Cadwallender

Topics covered

• spring gardening
• wildlife observation
• pruning tips
• archaeological updates
• nature notes

Keywords

• spring
• gardening
• pruning
• wildlife
• Lindisfarne
• woodpeckers
• fieldfares
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lindisfarne

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