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First Aired - 12/05/2010 03:30PM
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It's almost officially winter, and Alice & Carmen are here to tell you exactly how you can pass time and still contribute positively to the health of your garden! Tune in and learn some important tips from the girls, including when and how to prune plants, what to do when snow covers your trees, and how to treat a fig tree. This episode was kindly sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery - promoters of sustainably green living.
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We Dig Plants Introduction (19:50)
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Heritage Radio Network, We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, Cain Five, www.cainfive.com, it's not officially winter yet!, it's a good time to start cleaning up your garden, think about the garden in spring!, step 1: clean up fallen leaves!, clean your plants, geraniums, terracotta pots absorb water, good containers are hard to come by - don't waste them!, layer of compost in the garden beds, pruning, you need to know what shrubs you have and when to prune them, don't cut off the flowers that will come in the spring!, droughts, some communities only have Home Depot and Lowes, they don't have good plant inventory,More Tips for the Garden (15:26)
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OCD, if you are home and see a foot of snow on Evergreens do something!, they are not designed to handle that, snow can take a tree out of the ground from the root, like carrying around a 75 pound backpack all day, broad leaf evergreens, sunburn on the leaf, windburn, young trees, fall is a great time to plant trees, you can't assume that a tree is established just because it's in the ground, trees at a 45 degree angle from high wind, if you need help call a gardener!, now is a good time to plant bulbs, also a good time to think about color, think of your garden as a palate, don't rely on your memory, take photos, don't treat a fig tree like a bush,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/04/2011 12:00PM
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This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda is joined by author and teacher Megan Elias, author of the forthcoming book "Taste of the Nation: American Cookbooks and Culture". Linda and Megan explore the history of American recipes, cuisine and cookbooks and ask the question "what is America's national dish?". Tune in to learn how our "stop and go" culture has influenced our cuisine and how our food ideas trickle down into many different outlets. This episode was sponsored by Cain Five.
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A Taste of the Past: America's Natural Dish (18:20)
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America's National Dish, Megan Elias, Stir It Up: Home Economics in American Culture, Food in the United States, 1895-1940, nutritionists, casseroles, pot roast, hamburger, apple pie, Southern fried chicken, peanut butter and jelly, corporate cookbooks, recipes, ice box cake,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/14/2011 12:00PM
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Where The Naturalist goes, you - the listener - can follow! Tune in to another informative episode of The Naturalist as Bernie Wides & Carol A. Butler recap Bernie's trip to Belize and explore interesting topics such as dolphin identification and whale biology. Learn more about how dolphins communicate with each other and how we are able to identify them by their dorsal fin. This episode was sponsored by Cain Five. For more information visit www.CainFive.com
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The Naturalist Introduction: Dolphin Identification off the Coast of Belize (26:33)
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Bernie Wides, Carol A. Butler, The Naturalist, Heritage Radio Network, Belize, Oceanic Society, whale biology, Eric Ramos, dolphin behavior, off the coast of Belize, bottle nosed dolphin, identify dolphins by dorsal fins, cloud cover, Beaufort Wind Force Scale, wind speed, Peter Randazzo, fin identification, hydrophone readings, echo location, snorkeling, marine reserve, resident dolphins, dolphin biology,Careers in Marine Biology & Interesting Facts About Whales (27:15)
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marine biology as a career, more women are studying math and science these days, Field Guide to the Caribbean, coastal dolphins, porpoises, Great Blue Whale, biggest animal that's ever lived on earth, whales started on land?, Museum of Natural History, blowholes, seals, sea lions, external vs internal ears, whales have internal genitals, Grey Whales, humpback whale, echo location, sonar, whistles and clicks, water is a great conductor of sound, pelagic,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
