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(Airdate: April 2, 2026) In our April episode, Dianna and Mary Beth explore the adventure of growing perennial vegetables, berries, and herbs. They cover how these crops can help suppress weeds, form ground covers, attract pollinators, and provide beauty in the garden — as well as produce long-term nutritious harvests. April is also Native Plant Appreciation Month. Julia and Barbara raise awareness about the connection between native plants and native pollinators in the home garden, and discuss ways to offer nectar and pollen to beneficial wildlife. The show airs Thursday from 6-6:30 pm.

Brewocracy Now ~ 4/02/26

This week on Brewocracy Now guest co-host Jim Burke welcomes co-host John Mauro and the Poet Laureate of Port Townsend, Rufina Garay.

#767 Nighttime Tide Pooling

(Airdate: April 1, 202) Come with Nan Evans and Carolyn Woods, from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, on an audio winter tide pooling trip at NIGHT. In the winter why are the really low tides at night and during the daytime in summer? Why can we see different animals at different tide levels? What might we see during a winter nighttime low tide that we wouldn’t see during a summer low tide? Would an ultraviolet or black light be a cool thing to have? Get excited about tide pooling!

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(Airdate: March 31, 2026) We’re walking among the ruins of the ancient city of Gaochang. One pile of the ruins there that are distinctly different from other piles is the Buddhist temple at the southwest corner of the city. Much of the interior is still intact, including the walls and the huge central pillar around which the pilgrims once walked….

Much Ado About Something

(Airdate: March 30, 2026) For Saltfire Theatre, Director Genevieve Barlow and cast members Rachel Smith, Nick Magles, and Lilli Barlow invite us to Saltfire’s production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Brewocracy Now ~ 3/26/26

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Community Risk Manager Robert Wittenberg to talk about their planned training burn on Umatilla west of San Juan Ave on the afternoon of Tuesday 3/31/26, We also talked about the availability Home Wildfire Assessments. More information about these may be found here; https://www.ejfr.org/uncategorized/home-wildfire-assessments/

#766 Wetland Delineation

(Airdate: March 25, 2026) Please join Nature Now out in the field again on a beautiful Spring afternoon! Host Debaran Kelso speaks about the importance of wetlands with wetland biologist Donna Frostholm, while we wander through the Winona Wetland just west of Port Townsend. Part 1 of a 2 part show.

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(Airdate: March 24, 2026) Nowhere else in China are the ruins of Gaochang so accessible, so extensive, or so impressive. Former garrisson Gaochang had soon become the capitol of an independent state, and it flourished as a cultural and political center until it was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. During his excavations here in 1905, German archeologist Le Coq found more than an underground chamber full of corpses and Buddhist art….

Buckwheat for the Olympic Peninsula

(Airdate: March 23, 2026) Professor of Plant Breeding Micaela Colley describes the work being done on the Olympic Peninsula to establish the growing of buckwheat as part of the Food from Here movement.

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