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Wiggly Podcast 0131Cycling Cows
Length: 32 mins 40 secs | First netcast on May 12 2008 - This episode sees the return of Bill the Vet as he gets up close and personal to Phil's cows with his ultrasound pregnancy scanner. Also, Heather has been inspired by a trip to the organic farm at Highgrove and she challenges Phil to explain and defend his conventional farming methods. Proceedings are wrapped up by another Montycast.
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Wiggly Podcast 0130The Poodcast
Length: 32 mins 55 secs | First netcast on May 05 2008 - The Team gather to discuss which end of a cow produces the most methane and how best to reuse old washing-up water; then there's not one, but two, new reviews on iTunes plus Richard shows Heather how to pot-on her lettuce seedlings and that he knows his stuff when it comes to spiders in the house. Finally, there's some good news for Heather and Farmer Phil, but where's Gillian McKeith when you need her?
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 19 secs Welcome to the poo podcast! Heather & Richard are on the Wiggly sofa & Phil's on the other sofa.
- 01 mins 14 secs Time for a couple of iTunes reviews from Sea Carrot and Melanie B who says it's "Rural-tastic"
- 05 mins 03 secs Farmer Phil receives an e-mail from Christine with a question about his trip to Rothamsted.
- 07 mins 54 secs Heather got the chance to speak to Graham Wynne CE of the RSPB who has a bird/farming wishlist.
- 12 mins 05 secs Which end of a cow (or Ricardo) is worse for the environment?
- 16 mins 44 secs The question of how to use waste water on your garden has been raised by a Facebook groupie.
- 20 mins 20 secs Eventually Richard opens the bag of compost and gives Heather some potting up tips!
- 26 mins 56 secs Feedback from the Carbon Conference (www.thecarbonfootprintofbritishagriculture.co.uk)
- 29 mins 59 secs Heather's had an e-mail from Nigeria. Are you having a laugh?
- 31 mins 52 secs It's goodbye from the team for this week.
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Wiggly Podcast 0129Raymond Blanc can cook an Omlette
Length: 30 mins 33 secs | First netcast on Apr 28 2008 - Live from an Arctic ravine, the team gather to bemoan the cold weather and talk about Farmer Phil's slow starting peas, Heather's windowsill lettuces and the desiccated Sprouting Seeds in the kitchen. Fortunately, there's a trip to Raymond Blanc's sublime restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons for two of the Team, but who's going to miss out?
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 02 secs Michael and Heather have just finished scrapping...
- 00 mins 34 secs Brrrrrrrr Richard's in a draft, Jam has been sniffing around Michael and Phil has some pea news.
- 02 mins 25 secs It's time for another Montycast about chickens
- 02 mins 43 secs What's going on behind the scenes at Wigglys & will the Hay Festival garden get off the ground?
- 03 mins 53 secs Time for the latest iTunes Review and who has friends like Farmer Phil?
- 04 mins 50 secs It's time to check out the salad leaves and see if Heather has been watering them.
- 06 mins 29 secs This week we have some feedback from Jennifer about the salad leaf podcast.
- 08 mins 13 secs Old boy Terry loves his worms & 3.5 rated Richard can be heard on "Tales from Terry's Allotment"
- 10 mins 05 secs Farmer Phil has a crop growing update. Where are the cuckoos and peas?
- 15 mins 16 secs The team, minus Phil, don finery and pop round to Raymond's for a bit of holistic eating.
- 21 mins 17 secs Check out Miranda Newsom's site at http://www.theaccidentalecomaniac.com/
- 21 mins 34 secs Richard, after doffing his cap, is off to fetch the sprouter
- 22 mins 02 secs Having avoided the bric-a-brac Richard returns with a sprouter and some grains of sand.
- 27 mins 00 secs Time for a quick run down of the top ten sustainability blogs
- 27 mins 43 secs Hoorah, we're in the Mousie finals. To vote for us please go the The Mouse and Trowel Awards.
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Wiggly Podcast 0128Even Eden Needs Worms
Length: 30 mins 16 secs | First netcast on Apr 21 2008 - This week Farmer Phil visits the Rothamsted Research Station and finds out about their studies into the effects of fertiliser on biodiversity and just what is warming in global warming, Rachel gets a slow response from the Natural History Museum and Richard is back up a ladder, this time to check out Mark Eccleston's green roof. Then the Team are joined by Camilla Marsh from the EdenProject to discuss their plans for the forthcoming Podcast from Eden. Fortunately, Rachel remembers to give the contact address!
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Richard's in the nursery with his latest arrival.
- 01 mins 50 secs Heather's missing, but Richard has his darling Rach on the sofa with him.
- 02 mins 32 secs Rach is waiting for information on the barn owl, but it's not going to be any time soon.
- 03 mins 17 secs What's happening at Wigglys?
- 03 mins 56 secs Heather's at the dentist and Rach wonders whether she'll come back with her teeth in a jar.
- 04 mins 49 secs Richard has been off to see Mark Ecclestone's green space and posed for the Shropshire Star.
- 06 mins 15 secs Richard, who's not so good on ladders, is looking at Mark's green roof, but where are the goats?
- 13 mins 03 secs Farmer Phil reports back after his visit to the fascintating Rothamsted Research Station.
- 17 mins 03 secs Welcome to Camilla (Eden Project) and we hear how a one eyed, two wheeled Heather planted worms.
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Wiggly Podcast 0127An Owl in the Bedroom...
Length: 34 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Apr 14 2008 - Heather's away, so Rachel joins Richard and Farmer Phil on the Wiggly Sofa to discuss Barn Owls. There's also some food for thought on the topic of double counting carbon offsetting schemes; an interview with John Cossham from York Rotters about composting garden waste and, of course, another Monty cast. But where did the theme music go?
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from Richard and Phil as Heather, aka Farrah Fawcett, is at the BlogHer Conference in NY
- 02 mins 55 secs Rach thinks she has a burglar, but it turns out to be a confused Barn Owl in her bedroom.
- 09 mins 00 secs Lots of feedback including accusations of stolen carbon credits.
- 18 mins 18 secs Richard talks to compost guru John Cossham from York Rotters.
- 32 mins 04 secs This week's Montycast is an interesting chicken gem.
- 32 mins 16 secs Richard's enjoyed being on the couch with Rachel...
- 33 mins 08 secs Richard hasn't heard of the word, "mooted" & his limited vocabulary leaves him completely silent
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Wiggly Podcast 0126Compost Flavoured Yoghurt
Length: 33 mins 16 secs | First netcast on Apr 07 2008 - Richard's off being a TV star, so it's left to Heather and Farmer Phil to introduce the show. Not to fear, Richard fans, because Riccardo gets to feature anyway, as he shows Heather the best way to grow salad leaves on the kitchen windowsill. Plus there's discussion of blue potatoes, why farmers are leaving the Entry Level Stewardship scheme and another quick Monty Cast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 18 secs Welcome from Heather and Phil. The podcasting duo are on tour in Herefordshire.
- 02 mins 35 secs Monty has an interesting statistic about cattle.
- 02 mins 52 secs Feedback. Sue Roberts wants to know about drying goat socks and Heather lets Phil sniff her feet
- 05 mins 58 secs Why were the cattle happy in March Farmer Phil?
- 07 mins 38 secs Heather gets a lettuce growing lesson from Richard with a warning that they DO need water.
- 24 mins 20 secs Heather's got a little treat for Richard - compost flavoured yoghurt.
- 25 mins 14 secs It's tater time. Phil has a hot tater tip for Richard and Heather wants blue spuds.
- 27 mins 13 secs Farmer Phil explains about ELS, an environmental scheme for English Farmers.
- 32 mins 03 secs How to subscribe to this podcast and where to find older episodes.
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Wiggly Podcast 0125A Wiggly Carbon Footprint (Part Two)
Length: 31 mins 04 secs | First netcast on Mar 31 2008 - There is a bird trapped in the chimney at Lower Blakemere Farmhouse, but it suffers from stage fright and won't put in an appearance. Undeterred, Rachel Harries returns to continue the discussion about her calculation of Wiggly Wigglers' carbon footprint. Plus another Monty Cast and the latest listener feedback.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome! Rich sticks his microphone up the chimney and hopes for some great tits to fly out!
- 01 mins 36 secs Welcome back to Rachel, lots of feedback and a quick "Ho, ho, ho" from the team.
- 08 mins 23 secs The Montycast. This week Monty gives us an interesting fact about hens.
- 08 mins 42 secs The team talk about carbon footprinting and the various options and Phil has a carbon rant.
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Wiggly Podcast 0124A Wiggly Carbon Footprint (Part One)
Length: 27 mins 03 secs | First netcast on Mar 24 2008 - Rachel Harries from Worcester University has calculated Wiggly Wigglers' carbon footprint. She joins Heather, Farmer Phil and Richard on the Wiggly Sofa to discuss her finding. Also, Monty pops in with another Monty Cast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 06 secs Welcome! The team are joined this week by Rachel Harries who has brought along some chocolate!
- 01 mins 49 secs What are we Rich? If you're new to the podcast, "Welcome and never leave". What's on this week
- 03 mins 52 secs Rachel, the carbon detective, talks about her placement and a carbon footprint fight breaks out.
- 19 mins 22 secs It's time for a Montycast
- 19 mins 40 secs Rachel tells us about the carbon footprint of a Can-o-Worms and it's good news.
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Wiggly Podcast 0123A Woman with a Size Zero Waste
Length: 41 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Mar 17 2008 - In a bumper length episode, Heather, Phil and Richard gather on the Wiggly Sofa to discuss the highs and lows of farming. Then Karen interviews 'Almost Mrs Average' - who's also called Karen - a woman on a mission to get her family onto the Rubbish Diet. There's even time for a Monty Cast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 18 secs Heather's missed sitting on the sofa with Richard and Farmer Phil has stinky knees.
- 01 mins 46 secs Farmer Phil has a half in, half out calf
- 02 mins 35 secs What's on this week? Fishy Fishbourne's mother-in-law thinks he's clever.
- 05 mins 17 secs My favourite thing in the new catalogue is...
- 11 mins 27 secs Matthew Naylor has a new blog called Pure Tilth
- 12 mins 00 secs Heather mistakes a lamb chop for pork and then sets light to her cooker.
- 13 mins 45 secs Farmer Phil talks about the Save our Bacon campaign and asks should we eat British pork.
- 27 mins 29 secs The team reflect on the 624 Mother's Day bouquets that the flower girls created.
- 31 mins 29 secs Karen chats to Karen Cannard about her Rubbish Diet and quest to slim her bin to a size 0.
- 38 mins 19 secs Time for a Montycast about gelatine.
- 38 mins 41 secs Next week Rachel Harries will talk about the Wiggly carbon footprint & Farmer Phil has issues.
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Wiggly Podcast 0122Welcome Back
Length: 25 mins 23 secs | First netcast on Mar 10 2008 - Preparing the biggest ever Wiggly Catalogue has been a huge task but at last it's ready so there's time for Richard to introduce a trio of reports collected during the last few weeks. The hedge in the Wiggly Garden gets laid, the pigs get eaten and Richard gets to go to the WI, but first, there's a couple of foxes at the bottom of the garden.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Richard's in the paddock on a windy evening fox watching.
- 02 mins 40 secs It's a welcome back to the Wiggly sofa from Richard who is excited about the new catalogue.
- 04 mins 20 secs Rich and Rach are in the Wiggly garden chatting to the hedgelayers.
- 11 mins 38 secs The pigs are gone and the field looks like it's been infested by 40,000 moles.
- 18 mins 57 secs Last week the pigs were in the field and now they're on the table at a Gorringe gathering.
- 20 mins 53 secs Richard joins Alice from WRAP at Moccas WI for a composting day.
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Wiggly Podcast 0121End of Season One
Length: 05 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Feb 04 2008 - The Wiggly Podcast is taking a well-earned break, but we'll be back on March 10.
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Wiggly Podcast 0120Back on the Road Again (Part Two)
Length: 32 mins 50 secs | First netcast on Jan 28 2008 - Heather's tour of the USA and Canada continues with three more snippets of life on the road. First up is a trip to a biodynamic winery in California, taking in a bit of smuggling on the way. Next it's over the border to Vancouver to visit the City Farmer, where they learn to expect the unexpected and the difference between beetles and Beatles. The final stop is with Andrew and Misty of Geek Farm Life at their barn in rural Indiana. There's even a quick Monty Cast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 18 secs Welcome! Richard's minding his own business, but it's still his fault and goats are smelly.
- 03 mins 29 secs It's time for this week's Montycast
- 03 mins 51 secs Heather visits the biodynamic vineyard run by the Benziger family (www.benziger.com)
- 09 mins 21 secs Heather visits Vancouver City Farmer where she talks about beetles to the sounds of The Beatles
- 21 mins 08 secs And now to the folks at Geek Farm Life to the sound of turkeys and a head butting goat.
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Wiggly Podcast 0119Back on the Road Again (Part One)
Length: 32 mins 40 secs | First netcast on Jan 21 2008 - Heather returns to Nuffield Scholar mode, visiting the Podcast Expo 2007 in Los Angeles, where she talks to Meredith Medland from the Living Green podcast about mushroom consciousness, San Francisco, corporate hippiness and Leonardo DiCaprio. Then she reconnects with Farmer Phil for a trip to the centre of the foodiverse, Podchef Island, for a chat about rare breed sheep and cattle. The final segment finds her on the East Coast at Podcamp talking to Eric Rochow of the Garden Fork video podcast about his mission to get the green message across to the average Budweiser drinker.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs It's a welcome from the Wiggly sofa and what's on this week.
- 01 mins 44 secs Heather chats to Meredith Medland at the Podcast Expo and hears all about magic mushrooms.
- 13 mins 51 secs And now for a little bit of Southern humour...
- 14 mins 10 secs Heather and Phil visit Podchef Island, see rare breeds and hear about manure packed horns.
- 26 mins 29 secs Heather talks to Eric Rochow of Real World Green and Garden Fork TV fame at the Podcast Expo.
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Wiggly Podcast 0118Pirahanas Snaffled My Lure
Length: 31 mins 18 secs | First netcast on Jan 14 2008 - Richard travels deep into the jungle and meets howler monkeys, huge wasps, caymen, gorgeous birds, giant otters and even bigger fish. There's even time to investigate the growing of peanuts and a chance to see how cow manure and treacle can supply a couple of houses with electricity.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 18 secs It's welcome from the Wiggly table today
- 03 mins 29 secs A fishing spectacular from Richard who is in the depths of the jungle in Guyana.
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Wiggly Podcast 0117Kate Humble is 5' 10"
Length: 36 mins 10 secs | First netcast on Jan 07 2008 - The Team gather on the Wiggly Sofa for the first show of 2008. Heather gets her hair done, Phil gets his muddiness rated and Richard gets his vegetable patch in order. Then there's apple pie, sprouting seeds, feedback, the provenance of Bergamot and the end of cattiness on Facebook. Get yourself a cup of coffee, it's another long Wiggly Podcast!
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 00 secs Happy New Year from Hev & Rich and season's felicitations from deteriorating Farmer Phil
- 01 mins 27 secs and now to the new hair cuts... Richard reckons Heather resembles the lion from The Wizard of Oz
- 03 mins 25 secs What's on the show this week?
- 03 mins 43 secs Feedback from Louise whose husband's mates also say Mark has a bicycle!
- 04 mins 19 secs A little Bergamot teaser from Heather
- 04 mins 39 secs 85 fantastic Facebook discussions on the go plus the cat topic and Heather wants the last word!
- 05 mins 05 secs Richard on veg patch planning and crop rotation.
- 08 mins 42 secs The team discuss organic seeds
- 10 mins 42 secs Farmer Phil is lazy and Heather should be hoeing (her new hairstyle should keep her warm!)
- 11 mins 15 secs If Rich grew his hair could we pass him off as Kate Humble at a distance?
- 11 mins 56 secs A house arrives on the drive & Phil tries out the Muddy Matches test (www.muddymatches.co.uk)
- 23 mins 52 secs Heather is in apple pie mode to impress Podchef!
- 24 mins 47 secs What should we be sowing now Richard?
- 30 mins 20 secs It's time for a Montycast
- 30 mins 35 secs The team are banned from tasting Jodie's sprouting seeds - so they tuck in!
- 33 mins 49 secs ...and now to Bergamot. Is it an orange or not? We also have a tea recipe from listener Kate.
- 35 mins 38 secs "What's coming up next week Rich?" "No idea!"