VegetationStation-2015-04-19

Apr 19, 2015 by VStation
Episode 5: Hot Pepper!
  • Intro
  • SONG: The Impossibles - Hot pepper  (1975 album Hot Pepper)
  • What are hot peppers? Capsicum species
  • Black peppers are not hot peppers
  • Origin and history of Hot Peppers - https://www.sbnature.org/crc/332.html
  • SONG: Red Chillies - Red Chillies (from Red Chillies, 2009)
  • Capsaicin and chili spice
  • Types of peppers
  • Measuring hotness
  • Capsaicin in the wild
  • Recorded Interview: Aubrey Sharp, hot pepper afficionado
  • Milk + capsaicin, getting rid of spicy
  • Hot peppers in cooking
  • Hot pepper medicine
  • Pepper spray
  • Decorating with peppers
  • Chilis in your garden!
  • Chilis and compost critters
  • Chili Peppers in pop culture - The Simpsons Season 8 episode 9
  • Urban Dictionary - Chilliwuss
  • Hot peppers and hallucination
  • Hot peppers as a taboo spice
  • Hot peppers and Solanaceae chemistry
  • Recorded interview: Will Langlands & Nicole Narbonne - hot sauce kitchen part 1
  • Recorded audio: Show ID - Courtney Dutchak
  • Recorded interview: Will Langlands & Nicole Narbonne - hot sauce kitchen part 2
  • SONG: Mini Monsters - Chili sauce song (youtube.com/user/MiniMonstersMusic)
  • Upcoming events
  • Starting on Wednesday, April 22nd
  • ·         Powell River Earth Week: A variety of earth-friendly ideas, demonstrations, activities, movies and more. Event Schedule https://earthweekpr.wordpress.com/event-schedule/
  • Friday 24th & Saturday 25th
  • ·         Powell River Home & Garden show; for more information facebook.com/powellriverhomeshow
  • Saturday, April 25, 2015
  • ·         PR - Powell River Trash Bash: rain or shine 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • ·         Gibsons Garden Club Annual Plant and Bake Sale
  • ·         Sechelt - Spring 2015 Health & Wellness Fair
  • Sunday 26th:
  • ·         Marathon Shuffle: now in its 22nd year, the Marathon Shuffle is an annual rite of spring for runners and hikers who enjoy good company and spectacular trails. https://www.facebook.com/events/1409101352729509/
  • ·         Let's Talk Trash team will be screening a documentary called Just Eat It, about a Vancouver couple that documents surviving for 6 months on food 'waste' from restaurants and grocery stores. This is a free screening at The Patricia Theatre, 1 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/469101889932665/
  • SONG: Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • California drought - http://ca.gov/drought/
  • Weather - https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-58_metric_e.html
  • Outro
  • SONG: Black Water - Timber Timbre
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vegetationstation-2015-04-12

Apr 12, 2015 by VStation

Episode 4 - A Healing Presence

Intro, shout-outs, what is Vegetation Station?

"Gardening is cheaper than therapy... and you get tomatoes"

The City Fix: " Urban green space makes people happier than money"

http://thecityfix.com/blog/urban-green-space-makes-people-happier-than-money-luisa-zottis/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566234/

http://www.fph.org.uk/uploads/bs_great_outdoors.pdf

Tijuca Forest, in Rio de Janeiro in Brasil

Urban food forests -

        http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-01/20-urban-food-forests-from-around-the-world

Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing - www.shinrin-yoku.org

Recorded Interview: CC Duncan and Raymond Lavoie - PRMOS

SONG: Sakura (unknown origin, Japanese Folk Song)

Horticultural Therapy & Therapeutic Horticulture

Recorded Interview: Len Landry - Anderton Therapeutic Gardens Society

SONG: Depeche Mode - My Secret Garden

~~~TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! :D ~~~

Gardens as metaphors

Recorded Interview: Satya Divine Freedom - Healing Gardens

Live Interview: Jordan Lavigne - Somatic Shamanism

SONG: Juanes - Yerbatero

Upcoming events

Tues 14th - Jewel Box Garden in the Potting Shed (Sechelt)

Fri 17th - Little pharmer unplugged at BASE CAMP (7:00pm - 9:00pm, by donation)

Saturday 18th - Stacey Murphy - http://bkfarmyards.com/online

Weather

Outro

 

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vegetationstation-2015-04-05

Apr 5, 2015 by VStation

Episode 3: Intro to Food Security


Features of this episode

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vegetationstation-2015-03-29

Mar 29, 2015 by VStation

Features of this episode


Music, featured:
  • Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity (Bowie Cover)
  • Various, Little Shop of Horrors (OST)
  • Rush - Between Sun & Moon
  • Oscar Peterson - If the moon turns green
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2015-03-22 Vegetation Station - Episode 1: Pilot Episode

Mar 24, 2015 by VStation

Episode 1: Pilot Episode


Features of this episode

  • Introduction to show, shout-outs, outline of Vegetation Station
  • Shout-out to those who made V.S. possible! :D
  • What's in bloom! 
  • Weather, moon, world water day
  • Week in review: Seedy Saturday, Campfire Sessions (March 14th), Small Farm Summit
  • Audio: Chanchal Cabrera - Medicinal Seeds: Strong Medicines in Small Packages
  • Upcoming events - UHSPR Bootcamp, +
  • Book review: "Yankee Magazine's Pantyhose, Hot Peppers, Tea Bags, and More-for the Garden"
  • Gardening tips
  • Outro

Music, featured:
  • Little Miss Higgins - Gather My Fruit
  • Men Without Hats - Moonbeam
  • Digging Roots - Let Me Be
  • Jason Webley - Back To The Garden
  • Charlotte Wrinch - Walk In The Woods
  • Timber Timbre - Black Water
 
Music, background:
  • Oscar Peterson - My one and only love
  • Oscar Peterson - The Rain in Spain
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