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A light-hearted look at life in the 2020s. Each chapter starts with a verse related to the topic, which is then followed by a comment, also related to the topic.

This audio book offers a fun way to meet the Insects, Mammals, Birds, Bats, Reptiles, Wind & Water that form Nature’s troupe of pollinators. Betty Bumblebee introduces us to the passions and perils of insect life and the tricks that flowers like to play in order to attract suitable pollinators.

Most plants can’t survive the demands of “wet feet.” Usually, too much water causes them to wilt and virtually “meltdown,” as they become bloated and soggy. But there are a few hardy plants that know exactly how to deal with this problem—in fact wetland grasses, sedges, rushes, mosses, ferns, horsetails were the first plants to evolve on Earth and are, indeed, the ancestors of the garden trees, bushes, and flowers that we grow today.

In this audiobook, we are going to look at how soil is created, its constituents–of which surprisingly many are very much alive–how soil affects plants, and which plants grow best where. We’ll also learn how to create your own compost, deal with soil deficiencies, and how to find out which soil type you have in your garden.

Take a walk through the climate regions of the world and discover the effect of climate change on plants and how plants are coping in changing climatic conditions. As extreme weather conditions take over our planet, what will be their effect on plants? How can plants cope with these changing conditions? Which plants already survive in extreme and changing environments?

Plant Stories: original stories related to plants plus a taste of plant-related African, Yoruba myths. Every culture has its myths and fables - tales from around the world that have evolved to explain how we interact with each other, nature, and the elements - tales that, above all, have evolved to help us cope with our fears, achieve our dreams, and help us understand our planet and our place in it.

On our walks, we come across wildlife and many different wildflowers and plants growing in each area at different times of the year—from ground-hugging flowers to giant trees, ancient plants to weird and wonderful fungi, and mosses and grasses—on our monthly walks we cover the whole spectrum.