Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.

I'm Leah Lander's and I'm delighted to introduce this found sound for April, created by musician and sound artist Alice Boyd.

Found sounds are a new addition to As the Season Turns for 2024.

Brief, meditative episodes for listeners who wish to feel that little bit more immersed

in the natural world as we move through the year.

Grounding ourselves in nature and the rhythms our ancestors have always followed.

This month's episode is the second part of an exploration into foraging. In this episode,

Alice meets wild foods expert Miles Irving to forage for Common Hogweed,

a member of the carrot family native to the UK.

Please note that Common Hogweed should only be eaten cooked and those with celery allergies should avoid it.

Common hogweed's lookalikes include the invasive giant hogweed, which grows to much

greater heights and should not be handled or eaten. If you plan to forage at home, always be

100% sure with your identification and that it is edible. This episode will last approximately 10 minutes.

You may wish to pause the podcast here for a moment,

while you find somewhere warm and quiet to close your eyes,

sit back and settle down into this month's found sound. Miles.

Milder. Miles, can you describe where we are right now?

So we're in Garland's Green, which is more a hamlet than a village.

It's just a handful of houses here.

It's in East Kent, four miles from Canterbury. And we're standing on the other side

of a style on the edge of a field, and then on the edge of the fields, there's a woodland.

We've got skylighted in the background there, chif-chaff over there, the chif-chif-chif,ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-th.

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