Bob has his back yard torn up. He is amazed to find Blue Violets returning in pure clay soil.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Common Blue Violet
• 7 Fun Facts about Violets
• Interesting facts about violets

Bill and Bob remember a fun outside activity they did as kids.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Let’s Go Outside by Jennifer Ward
  https://www.jenniferwardbooks.com/

Bill talks with Thane Maynard the Director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Learn how Thane went from a kid chasing gaters in Florida to the head of one of the best zoos in the world. Special thanks to our friend Lisa Hubbard for her amazing photos of Fiona.

Resources mentioned include:

• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
• Cincinnati Zoo live safaris on FaceBook
• Cincinnati Nature Center
• Center for Plant Conservation
• African Parks: Saving Wildlife
• Wildlife Conservation Society

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Bill and Bob explain a simple activity you can do to connect your kids and yourself to trees.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell (https://www.sharingnature.com/)

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Bob interviews Nancy Stranahan the Executive Director of the Arc of Appalachia. Nancy is an inspiration and we can all use a large dose of that right now. Special thanks to our friend and naturalist John Howard for the excellent photos.

Related episode: Spring Wildflowers

The Arc of Appalachia – Saving Ohio’s Wildlands

Bill and Bob do a short follow up to the pillbug episode. This has some great ideas to lift your spirits and a special guest.

Related episode: Some Pillbugs are Roly Polies

Our sources for this episode include:

• Pillbug Project: A Guide to Investigation by Robin Burnett
• Blue pillbug (with great blue pillbug picture)

Goldfinch is just the bird to cheer you up! This is a great bird to have at your feeders.

Our sources for this episode include:

• American Goldfinch
• Interesting American Goldfinch Facts
• 21 Facts on Goldfinches
• Fun Facts about Goldfinches
• Life Histories of North American Birds by Arthur Cleveland Bent

Bob and Bill hope to inspire you to take a Nature Break. This episode has a fun activity that Bob used at nature summer camp.

Click here for a Holes Scavenger Hunt list.

Related episode: Screech Owl

Bob and Bill are inspired by an Imago Ranger program to do an episode on pillbugs. If you’re a little stressed out go outside and find some of these guys.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Imago Rangers Pillbugs
• Pillbugs and Sowbugs
• 15 Facinating Facts About Pill Bugs
• Pillbug Project: A Guide to Investigation by Robin Burnett

Bob has a conversation with Chris from Imago about how nature can help us deal with the coronavirus.

Organizations mentioned in this podcast include:

• Imago
• J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
• Sanibel Sea School
• The Arc of Appalacia