Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology
Leisure:Home & Garden
Spiders are a horticulturist's best friend. They're predatory organisms that have an appetite for all sorts of insects that we like to call "pests".
In this episode, Dr Ian Smith gives us a general introduction to this class of arachnid. Listen to the end to find out:
-What are the different types of spiders that we're likely to find in our gardens?
-What different methods of hunting do they employ in our gardens?
-Are redback spiders actually native to Australia, or are they an introduced pest?
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Theme music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5lVBxhSw5k
Swapcast: The Landscaping Podcast Ep.191 - Joel Barnett (In Style Gardens)
Ep.202 Integrated Pest Management: 6 methods - Daniel Fuller
Ep.201 Ornamental permaculture: Revisiting the 12 principles - Daniel Fuller
Ep.200 Podcasters pick: 10 "best" episodes - Daniel Fuller (Plants Grow Here)
Ep.199 MIFGS 2024 Pt.3: A Moment In Time - Peter Donegan (Irish landscape architect)
Ep.198 MIFGS 2024 pt.2: Mother Ocean, Through The Looking Glass, & New Nordic Notes
Ep.197 MIFGS 2024 pt.1: Boutique, achievable, and more gardens - Dr Ian Smith
Ep.196 Permaculture syntropics - Erik van Zuilekom (United Natures)
Ep.195 Insect taxonomy: Classifying good, bad & neutral insects into groups - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)
Ep194 Plant communication according to science - Katia Hougaard (Katia Plant Scientist)
Ep.193 Hort Journal highlights: Editor's pick 2023 - Karen Smith (sponsored by Hort Journal Australia)
Ep.192 Nursery wholesale insights for the whole industry - Paul Plant (Nursery Manager, 4BC Garden Talkback Presenter)
Ep.191 Landscape excellence: Yards case study - Ben, Amanda and Dale (Yards)
Ep.190 Assessing tree health & safety - Gary Moran (Treeside Arboricultural Consultancy)
Ep.189 Horticulturist vs property developer - Karen Fuller
Ep.188 Rabbit pest management (IPM) - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)
Ep.187 Hort media freelancing: Part-time gig or full-time career - Chloe Thomson (Bean There Dug That, Sprout School)
Ep.186 Achievable garden design: Modern native Australian theme - Daniel Althaus (Circles of Life)
Ep.185 Growing joy at work: Plants as self care - Maria Failla (Growing Joy)
Ep.184 Nine jobs in horticulture - SWAPCAST - Maria Failla (Growing Joy)
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