The Wiggly Podcast is our weekly dose of Wiggly Life, it’s like The Archers, but real!
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Wiggly Podcast 0013Tales from Richard's misspent youth Length: 26 mins 11 secs | First netcast on Dec 26 2005
In this episode the team discuss Mistletoe, the seven best ways to (not) kill Hedgehogs and the forthcoming Wiggly Gardening Courses. The book review pays tribute to the late Mary Applehof's seminal work and Alison brings in a plant of the week which recalls an old Jackson Five lyric (tweet tweet). Plus, as ever, Farmer Phil and Monty.
Wiggly Podcast 0012The Owls and Flowers Edition Length: 23 mins 32 secs | First netcast on Dec 19 2005
There's a triple dose of Monty this week as Heather and Richard discuss owls and their nests. Farmer Phil dispairs of the state of the debate surrounding TB in cattle, then he and Heather go on an uplifting course. The team have a visit from Ma Larkin's stunt double and it all ends on a tuneful note (well almost).
01 mins 12 secs Monty goes on the Paul O'Grady show with a Can-O-Worms
03 mins 52 secs Barn Owls with Richard
08 mins 22 secs Q and A from Grow Your Own on worm composting
09 mins 16 secs Farmer Phil rants on TB and the government
12 mins 20 secs The LEAF Speak Out Course
16 mins 30 secs Montys wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
16 mins 42 secs Anne comes in to talk Floristry - wiggly style
Wiggly Podcast 0011Farmer Phil has twins! Length: 28 mins 52 secs | First netcast on Dec 12 2005
Heather and Richard discuss mini gardens for large office buildings, Richard makes hedgehogs from Teasel heads. We find out about the machine in Phil and Heather's bedroom. Heather appears on someone else's podcast and Richard becomes the new shock jock. Alison makes a very poor case for her plant of the week but the shock jocks (plural now) get all nostalgic for cheap gin and forgive her. At least Monty is on form.
07 mins 50 secs Making Bugboxes at Hay festival with Richard
14 mins 52 secs Farmer Phil has Twin Calves
21 mins 36 secs Blackthorn and Sloe Gin with Alison
Wiggly Podcast 0010The political episode in which Phil revolts Length: 27 mins 44 secs | First netcast on Dec 05 2005
It's been snowing at Lower Blakemere Farm, so the Team discuss the many ways to feed your garden's birds. Phil takes a serious look at TB in cows and why killing badgers is a really bad idea (MPs are you listening?). Despite being rushed off her feet, Jodie makes her first appearance on the Wiggly Podcast and, as usual, Monty rounds everything off with another Worm Cast. To cap it all some listeners try to undermine the Chocolate rating!
01 mins 43 secs Bird food recipes including mealworms
11 mins 30 secs TB and Badgers
22 mins 44 secs Jodie comes in and talks about the Cutting Garden
25 mins 28 secs Monty's Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0009The sustainable episode, although Richard gets the sack Length: 21 mins 28 secs | First netcast on Nov 28 2005
In an episode held over from last week (to make way for the good news edition) the Team discuss the hopes for sustainable farming in a market dominated by large supermarkets. The Book Review drags to its inevitable chocolate rating (is Richard too easy to please?) and Alison drops in with her Plant of the Week. Plus your final chance to win a copy of 'A Greener Life' in our podcast exclusive competition (entries to heather@wigglywigglers.co.uk please) and, as usual, Monty rounds everything off with another Worm Cast.
00 mins 55 secs Book review: Save Cash and Save the Planet
08 mins 00 secs If you need to know who Wiggly Wigglers are and why we are producing a podcast - find out here.
18 mins 26 secs Plant of the week - find out about teasel
Wiggly Podcast 0008When a trip to Claridges results in some good news Length: 27 mins 59 secs | First netcast on Nov 21 2005
Tennis success (after 15 years of trying) is infectious. Almost certainly, this is the only podcast this week that'll tell you all about the decorative state of the loos at one of London's finest hotels and how not meeting Westlife can cause the Team to be late. Phil is less hungover and gets his cattle ready for the winter. The book review causes not much controversy. Monty rounds everything off with another Worm Cast.
02 mins 14 secs Wigglys go to Claridges for the FSB Business awards
10 mins 42 secs Introducing worms to The Eden Project
14 mins 45 secs Farmer Phil talks about his old Cow(s)
20 mins 29 secs Book Review: Curious Incidents in the Garden at Nighttime by Allan Shepherd
26 mins 39 secs Monty's Wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0007The farm history edition, in which Jodie's house is devalued! Length: 30 mins 09 secs | First netcast on Nov 14 2005
Richard answers some listeners' questions then joins Heather in a discussion on using worms to speed-up the composting of household waste. As promised in Episode 6, Jenny Steel returns to review a couple of her favourite books: is Richard's double Milka top rating in jeopardy? Farmer Phil continues to recount the farm's history then, as usual, Monty rounds everything off with another Worm Cast.
01 mins 08 secs Listener emails: Wasps nests and Bugs
05 mins 44 secs How a Can-O-Worms works
14 mins 11 secs Jenny Steel reviews two books. How to be a Bad Birdwatcher
22 mins 23 secs Part two of the history of Lower Blakemere Farm
29 mins 14 secs Monty's wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0006The Royal surprise edition, in which Heather shocks it up! Length: 28 mins 55 secs | First netcast on Nov 07 2005
Jenny Steel, wildlife gardening writer extraordinaire is the first ever Special Guest (and she doesn't even have a new book out)! Heather has problems identifying bird songs. Noah the cat sits on Heather's microphone and Richard singles out a very complimentary email. Farmer Phil remembers how he met Heather, then starts to recount the farm's history. Phil has to manage a day when three princes and lots of weaponry take over the farm and Prince Charles enquires as to the Team's skiing habits. Richard tries for a double Milka rating for the Book of the Week. Alison returns from over the river to promote Hawthorn as the basis of a traditional, wildlife friendly hedge. Monty wonders if worms ever strike.
01 mins 22 secs Jenny Steel hops in and talks Wildlife Gardening
11 mins 18 secs Feedback from Mark Abbot
13 mins 27 secs Phil and the history of Lower Blakemere Farm
19 mins 54 secs Book Review: How to make a Wildlife Garden - Chris Baines
22 mins 30 secs Everything you need to know about Hawthorn
27 mins 16 secs Monty's wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0005Phil's cows show their cruel side Length: 30 mins 52 secs | First netcast on Oct 31 2005
Richard braves the famously tough WI audience and meets a childhood hero, then Farmer Phil introduces his herd of cattle but fails to explain why one of the bulls is called 'Penguin Quarter'. The team discuss why you won't catch bird flu from the birds that visit your garden. Even better, this week's book review covers a book that even Richard can afford. To round things off nicely Heather decides to hold a listeners' competition (although it's too late to enter now) and Monty supplies another worm fact.
05 mins 17 secs Weaning calves with Farmer Phil, and we learn all about calving
14 mins 31 secs The team talks Bird Flu
23 mins 31 secs The Red Mason Bee Book Review and how Bee Nesters work
30 mins 00 secs Monty's wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0004Life becomes chocolate rated Length: 27 mins 57 secs | First netcast on Oct 24 2005
Episode 4 which has chocolate everywhere, but first Farmer Phil describes the changes in winter planting regimes and how farmers' attitudes to slug pellets have changed; then Heather and Richard answer a listener's question following on from last week's Bokashi article. Alison introduces the adorable Wilf from Builth and then tries to convince everyone that Cowslips are worthy of being 'Plant of the Week'. Richard explains how to prepare a wildlife pond for winter. The Collins 'Wild Guide to Butterflies and Moths' is, for once, a book of the week which wasn't written by someone called Jenny: although rating it on the chocolate scale causes problems for Richard. Then Monty wraps everything up with another Worm Fact.
03 mins 59 secs Planting crops and slug control with Farmer Phil
09 mins 50 secs Using Bokashi Questions and Answers
11 mins 37 secs Alison talks about Swartbles sheep again, and Cowslips
19 mins 06 secs Preparing your pond for the winter
22 mins 16 secs Book review - Butterflies and Moths
26 mins 23 secs Monty's Wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0003Phil makes quite a lot of Bokashi Length: 36 mins 57 secs | First netcast on Oct 17 2005
Episode 3 in which Heather and Richard discuss that letter to the Radio Times then try to answer some listeners' composting questions; Richard's level of false modesty is called into question; the team get ready for the RSPB's 'Feed the Birds Day'; Heather decides (for now) that only books written by authors called Jenny can be reviewed as 'Book of the Week'; Monty's goldfish bowl and Phil's grainstore both get cleaned by Bokashi and Monty wraps it all up with another Worm Fact.
06 mins 37 secs Overfeeding your Can-O-Worms Q and A
10 mins 43 secs Choosing what to feed your garden birds
19 mins 13 secs Making the first batches of Bokashi on the farm
31 mins 57 secs Book review: A little history of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow
35 mins 26 secs Monty's wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0002In which hedgehogs go swimming and some deer get jumpy! Length: 29 mins 58 secs | First netcast on Oct 10 2005
Episode 2 in which Richard goes back to school then visits some local Rotarians, Heather gets a kiss from Jonathan Davies, some hedgehogs try to get amorous. Farmer Phil plants his autumn crops and unveils his theory as to why deer sometimes can and sometimes can't jump fences. The book review covers 'Wildlife Ponds' by author and Wiggly friend Jenny Steel. Alison drops in to nominate her favourite hedging plant for Plant of the Week, then we finish with the first ever Worm Fact from Monty.
