Peter Donegan Garden Design & Landscaping
Thursday October 9th, I was on LmFm’s PPI award winning radio show The Late Lunch with all round happy fellow and nice guy Gerry Kelly. It was unsual for me to be the far side of the mic and morseo that Gerry went all the way back to where, how and just why it all started for me. Interesting – I’m told, all good and a real genuine pleasure.
Thanks Gerry and Louise. Enjoyed that 😉
Saturday 10th December, The SodShow teamed up with Gelert and Millets Mary Street to take five people and record the journey as we hiked, trekked and wild camped overnight, without tents, in The Wicklow Mountains.
Why do this for Dublin’s Garden Radio Show The SodShow ?
We have spoke many times on The SodShow about my Hedgerow walks, eating from the wild, native Irish plants and trees, the garden groups outings and [ordinary] camping. We thought it a good idea to somehow and in someway, join them all together.
In this case and of note we went to a [Wicklow] National Park. From a horticultural perspective, it contains many pre mapped nature trails including a flower walk and tree walks. Eight of the Park’s plants are in fact classified as threatened – three are vulnerable and five are rare. We also wandered much of its forestry and slept only with what nature could surround us with. Also we don’t think this has ever been done for radio before and – the landscape is absolutely stunning.
That aside, if the equipment and clothing used will more than suffice overnight in December in Ireland, without tents, in the Wicklow Mountains – it should do you well whilst out for a[ny] walk or work in the great outdoors.
Note:
Our journey timelines are as follows – Saturday 10th December
A separate post will explain the kit and equipment that we used. These images should help in visualising the audio as the story is told over the coming weeks.
It is one thing to encourage you to try this or any more simplified variation of, but it is better to encourage you to do it with the correct preparation.
Links of Note:
image courtesy brian greene
For those who don’t know what the dotconf was – this post on the dot conf may explain better.
But, it is not until after the hindsight has kicked in that one really realises just how and what audioboo has helped. This was kicked off by Bernie, via podcast of course.
I followed Bernie’s path with my thoughts on podcasting and in particular audioboo as my tool of choice.
So what can you take from this? A good start, from a gardeners perspective, can be made by taking a trip over to audioboo.fm and after that it’s up to you whether you choose to add to the conversation or simply listen. Either or one cannot disagree that the listening to alone is giving radio, maybe of a different format, an entirely fresh and most welcome new lease of life.
Of course it would not have been possible without the people behind the scenes….
Personally, I like this little chat of a podcast that was recorded just after Bernie, Mark and myself had completed our deep dive audioboo sessions. On top of the National College of Ireland. 🙂
Still unsure… my numbers below, the coffee pot is on or you can send me an email or leave a comment below 😉
For me personally, I just find it amazing that an entire post is put together by seperate audio clips, taken over varying days that join together and make complete one blog post. Could I have done this one year ago ? Possibly….
Update: I really like Emilys take on the dot conf
A Visit to The Dot Conf website is well worth a visit.
Before I go any further…. not surprising, the dot conf conference has been a sell out for some weeks now and its waiting list only. I think its 300 people attending. [?]
My good friend Darren Byrne and Phil O’Kane then did these for me. Thanks also to Anthony McG who installed the widget for me. Really appreciated 😉
This is the dot conf’s promo video
From the article I was intending to publish, these stats are quite interesting,
New Media Update Podcasting News – wrote an article called Podcast Fans Are The Ultimate Audience For Advertisers – I took the main bullet points out of it just to give you an idea of the reach[?] that podcasting actually has.
*Thanks to Roseanne Smith for this link
And finally here’s Bernie’s scratch and sniff boo 😉
This Sunday 28th February sometime after 10am, I’ll be a guest on the Today Fm Sunday Business Show. It’s not my first time on the radio, although it is my first on Today FM.
Happily Surprisingly, for some I won’t be on to talk about horticulture as such 😉
The show itself is described as offering…
the listener the latest financial and political news and interviews. Two highly experienced presenters host the show on alternate weeks, Ted Harding and Conall O’Morain
The show is also produced by Myra Hayes. Never heard the show before….? You can listen to podcasts here or have a browse through the Sunday Biz Show blog here.
Tune in manually [100 – 102 on the fm dial] or hit the Today Fm Website and click the listen button.
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