Davis Garden Show, Sept. 12, 2024
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: propagating African violets, garden activities in September, daffodils and narcissus, fruit and seeds on potatoes, tomato viruses and other problems, and more.
Today's topics: propagating African violets, garden activities in September, daffodils and narcissus, fruit and seeds on potatoes, tomato viruses and other problems, and more.
Coming your way at 5p Pacific, it's IMPLOSION with your host Nick Saloman, sharing a swell assortment of groovy tunes from bands like the Droogs, the Zoo, and, yes, Fever Tree — right here on grassroots radio KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!
Tune in at 2 p.m. today to listen to In the Key of Folk. We'll start off with a topical song by Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart, followed by music featuring Sarah Jarosz, Rita Hosking, Richard Thompson, Tom Rozum, Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle, Wild Asparagus, Patty Griffin and more. We'll also play a set by the dynamic Spanish-Celtic-American group, Atlantic Folk Trio, with Galen Fraser, Maria San Miguel, and Jésus Enrique Cuaddrado, so join us on your FM radio at 95.7 if you are local, and if you are farther from Davis, listen now or later at KDRT.org. Hope to see you then!
On tonight’s show:
Late summer offers a few particular attractions in Davis. The heat fades a bit, if only because the days are shorter, and evenings outdoors are mild. It’s an inviting season to look at the full moon if it’s up, and to think about another year passing. And swat some mosquitoes.
Here on Davisville, early September is a natural time to talk with someone who has spent a lot of time outdoors: Jean Jackman of Davis. She writes the “At the Pond” column in the Davis Enterprise, has taken some serious bike rides, and a quarter-century ago recorded local people talking about Davis history ("Down Home Tales of Davis"). We talk about a variety of things today, starting with the wildlife and birds she writes about in Davis. Later we hear Jean's recording of Jane Van Sant, who lived in downtown Davis, died 18 years ago at 94, and tells us in her own voice what Davis lived through during the flu epidemic of 1917-18.
The photo shows the full moon of August 2022 over north Davis.
This week Casey Groat and James Murphy spend some time free-form bantering with me, creating one sweet hour of radio.
Inner Nature (FKA Fashionista Boyfriend) is the work of Casey Groat from Sacramento. Having started as just a kid with an interest in making noises with the computer, the project has matured into themes such as love and loss, as well as experimenting with sampling and songs with meaning and purpose. Artists such as Washed Out, Toro Y Moi, Small Black and Neon Indian are a big influence on the sound. The live act is a three-piece featuring Casey, James Murphy (Ancient Astronaut, Saint Solitaire, Ihabial) and Austin Mooney.
Listen up for Divine Intervention at 6 p.m. Pacific as your hostèsse Jess Goddèsse blesses you with a bounty of new sounds — including the latest from perennial favorites the Bug Club and Ty Segal; Bay Area bands Duster, Fake Fruit, and Smokers; and long-time legends the Fastbacks and Melt-Banana — all this blended with some should-be favorites, a few tunes from September's Goddess of the Month, and a questionable track in observance of Vinyl Vespers — only on your grooviest grassroots station, KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!
This week on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, Peter Holsapple joins Russ to talk about the dB's — their history, reissues, reunion shows — PLUS the Continental Drifters — the book, 2-CD tribute, and best-of. Featuring shoutouts to Chris Stamey, Vicki Peterson, Kristian Hoffman, Mark Walton, Robert Mache, Paul Rock, Dave Provost, Kevin Jarvis, Tim Lee, Susan Cowsill, Danny McGough, and more — join us 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org (or via all fine podcasting places).
Today's topics: watering as days get shorter, fun planting technique for sunflowers, wisteria problems and info, currant tomatoes and their ilk, planting native grass seed, when we plant bulbs in fall, and more.
Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific for Nick Saloman's IMPLOSION, featuring a fabulous, fanciful mix of music from the likes of Pretty Purdie, Generation X, John Lennon, Johnny Neal & the Starliters, Freddie Starr & the Midnighters, and more — only on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org, where the grassroots grow!