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Wiggly Podcast 0063The Queen Worm Length: 28 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Dec 25 2006
The Wiggly Christmas Podcast for 2006.
There's plenty of listener feedback although some correspondents are less than charitable to Riccardo. Then there's not one, but two, messages from the Farm Phone. Phil is off to deck the hall with boughs of Holly, which sets off a discussion about winter berries, and Richard tries to save money on parking fees.
00 mins 00 secs Monty's Wormcast Christmas Special
00 mins 20 secs The Queen's Speech
02 mins 21 secs Two calls to the farm phone give us pointers on our Southern accents
06 mins 20 secs Richard is losing fans - responses to the cat argument
16 mins 40 secs Who's been out in the Wiggly Skoda..?
18 mins 07 secs Christmas preparations
24 mins 16 secs Wassailing
27 mins 10 secs A Christmas duet to finish the show
Wiggly Podcast 0062Heather Wins a Mouldboard Length: 34 mins 30 secs | First netcast on Dec 18 2006
A hectic visit to the Wiggly Sofa this week for a show in three halves! First up, it's a dark and stormy night as Farmer Phil harvests his sunflower seeds in the rain. Then it's off to a Bokashi using foodwaste composting initiative, in Hackney of all places. Finally there's a trip to the splendid surrounds of the Grosvenor Hotel to listen in as Fiona Bruce hosts the Farmers' Weekly Awards for 2006.
Unfortunately there's no time for any feedback about Richard's anti-cat rant.
00 mins 00 secs There's no damage done to Richard's car... Farmer Phil reports!
06 mins 01 secs Combining Wiggly Sunflowers in the middle of winter.
11 mins 47 secs An interview with Jane from East London Community Partnership who use Bokashi to compost waste
19 mins 20 secs Find out how we get on at this year's Farmers Weekly Awards.
27 mins 01 secs Hear about Andrew and Sally Jacksons' Pink Pig!
29 mins 11 secs Feedback from Greg Given on the Cat Rant Row
Wiggly Podcast 0061A Visit to the Bank Manager Length: 30 mins 40 secs | First netcast on Dec 11 2006
Farmer Phil comes to the fore this week as he reports on harvesting, finally, his first crop of English Sunflowers. His second report is an update on the debacle that is the government's handling of the single farm payments scheme, this time from the perspective of his bank manager. There's even some feedback on eating squirrels, from food writer Rosemary Moon. Alison drops in to talk about the Plant of the Week, Buckthorn, although it doesn't have any thorns! Also, Rachel uses the Farm Phone to 'phone in: you can too, just dial 01981 500930 and leave your comment for the show.
02 mins 05 secs Simon Sherlock's Top Three Wiggly Products
02 mins 41 secs The Wiggly Sunflower Seeds Harvest report with Farmer Phil
06 mins 52 secs Rosemary Moon - food writer reveals what Squirrel tastes like!
15 mins 50 secs Lloyds Regional Agriculture Manager - Greg Fowler reports on SFP delays
25 mins 48 secs Learn all about Buckthorn with Alison
30 mins 10 secs This week's outtake
Wiggly Podcast 0060Catfight! Length: 27 mins 12 secs | First netcast on Dec 04 2006
Who would think that a listener's innocent comment could start such a kerfuffle? The Hedgerow Row pales into insignificance when Richard gets into full flight on the subject of domestic cats: it's a good job that Noah isn't anywhere near the Wiggly Sofa!
Then Heather asks Farmer Phil to explain the basics of farming for energy. It looks like energy crops are going to become a big topic in future Wiggly Podcasts...
00 mins 00 secs "Why did the chicken cross the playground..?"
01 mins 26 secs Some innocent comments about bokashi spark the cat debate
14 mins 36 secs Proof that not everything we say is rubbish...
17 mins 28 secs As a break from cats we discuss energy crops
Wiggly Podcast 0059Available as Pets... or Oven Ready! Length: 32 mins 54 secs | First netcast on Nov 27 2006
The Farm Phone is finally working, and Heather uses it to bag the long awaited interview with Phillipa from Save Our Squirrels, but not until Phil has brought us up to date with life on the Farm, where he has been weaning the calves. All wrapped up with another WormCast from Monty.
00 mins 00 secs An apology - Farmer Phil has been out destroying local phone cable.
02 mins 19 secs We hear about weaning calives and Phil's views on antibiotics
07 mins 24 secs A nifty way to search for podcasts
08 mins 39 secs The farm phone is ready - call us now!
10 mins 10 secs Squirrels and feeders - are we encouraging grey squirrels at the reds' expense?
Wiggly Podcast 0058An Interview of Two Halves Length: 45 mins 27 secs | First netcast on Nov 20 2006
Charge your iPod's battery; it's the longest Wiggly Podcast so far!
Heather's interview with the LEAF chief executive, Caroline Drummond, spans two countries as they fly from Edinburgh to Birmingham. Then there's lots of feedback from around the world, including an accronym poser for Richard to unravel. Finally, Alison produces another Plant of the Week and is considerably more excited by the old stockman's tradition of 'Luck Money' than Farmer Phil ever was.
22 mins 00 secs WW enters the Shell Springboard award to encourage Bokashi within the work/office environment
23 mins 49 secs Part Two of the Caroline Drummond interview. She explains the LEAF Marketing philosophy.
29 mins 25 secs Alison comes in with Plant of the Week Wood Anenome
33 mins 42 secs Alison's rant. We find out about Al's Swartbles Sheep and Luck Money.
40 mins 36 secs Farmer Phil's comment on Luck Money
43 mins 30 secs This week's OUTTAKES...
Wiggly Podcast 0057Grump, Grump, Grump, Grump, Grump Length: 32 mins 22 secs | First netcast on Nov 13 2006
Inspired by Body Shop supremo Anita Roddick the Team all get to vent their spleen at the things that annoy them most. On a more positive note Farmer Phil gets a good crop from the sunflowers and everybody likes Richard's shirt.
02 mins 15 secs Dave Back on squirrels and Richard's rant
07 mins 49 secs The Wiggly Piano!
08 mins 06 secs Richard falls over in the local butchers
12 mins 17 secs An extra tasting today of Tennessee Wildflower Honey
15 mins 47 secs Heather's rant on shops
17 mins 45 secs Anita Roddick's rant
25 mins 00 secs Harvesting the millet and sunflowers for birdseed.
26 mins 28 secs Farmer Phil's rant
30 mins 53 secs How to Subscribe
30 mins 53 secs How to Subscribe
Wiggly Podcast 0056A Trip to a Cotton Gin Length: 30 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Nov 06 2006
Heather and Farmer Phil recall their trip to Tennesse where they followed the story of cotton, but in reverse. Plus, in a sneak peak from next week's episode, Heather gets to meet one of her heroines, Anita Roddick, and gets a tongue lashing! All wrapped up with another Wormcast from Monty.
02 mins 05 secs Feedback from listeners with our first One Star review and two Five Star reviews
05 mins 43 secs Heather's train story...
07 mins 26 secs Susan Thomas emails about subscribing to a podcast
08 mins 34 secs Southern Sayings
08 mins 51 secs A squrrel warning
09 mins 40 secs The Tennessee report from Farmer Phil
11 mins 59 secs Farmer Phil's report on Growing Cotton with thanks to Tracey Sullivan
25 mins 13 secs Wiggly T'Shirts are cool in the village...
27 mins 17 secs Monty's Wormcast
Wiggly Podcast 0055The Ploughcast Length: 34 mins 37 secs | First netcast on Oct 30 2006
Shhh... It's a quiet start as the Team try not to wake Noah the cat, who has fallen asleep on Rachel's lap. Then it all gets a lot noisier as Heather meets Farmer Phil in his tractor cab to learn about the art and science of ploughing. All wrapped up with another Slow-WormCast from Monty.
05 mins 03 secs Catch up with Farmer Phil as he ploughs a nearby field
07 mins 08 secs Quick tip for growing your pineapples
09 mins 13 secs Find out about past and present ploughing methods
33 mins 46 secs Monty's WormCast - A weekly fact on Slow Worms!
Wiggly Podcast 0054Fishy Nettle Tea Length: 29 mins 09 secs | First netcast on Oct 23 2006
Heather, Farmer Phil and Monty are in the USA, so it's up to Rachel, Richard and Ricky to hold the fort. Rachel tries her hand at the intro music, then spills the beans on Heather's teenage years. Ricky brings in the promised Cornish Pasties and tries her hand at brewing Nettle Tea, only to be stymied by Rachel's unconventional nettle drying technique. There's even a recipe...
07 mins 03 secs Richard ponders the ethics of pheasant shooting
13 mins 55 secs Tigers and cat food
15 mins 29 secs Find out what we think of Ricky's pasties
20 mins 38 secs The History of the Countryside - a book to read if you want to know more about the hedgerow argu
22 mins 56 secs Mmmmm.. Nettle Tea
26 mins 00 secs Ricky gives us a squash soup recipe
Wiggly Podcast 0053Pheasant Shooting Length: 35 mins 58 secs | First netcast on Oct 16 2006
Heather, Farmer Phil and Rachel read out the new reviews from iTunes then discuss the trick photography in the new Wiggly Catlogue that somehow makes Farmer Phil look slim and handsome! Phil explains the how and why of shooting pheasants as sport. Ricky joins the Team to talk about the positive aspects of Stinging Nettles and their use as an alarm clock! All wrapped up with a Slow-Wormcast from Monty.
01 mins 50 secs "A bunch of loveable loonies" - some itunes reviews
05 mins 22 secs New Catalogue Day
10 mins 57 secs Phil discusses controversial country sports
23 mins 45 secs What's so good about nettles?
34 mins 41 secs Monty's Slow-WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0052Glyphosate Wetters Length: 32 mins 15 secs | First netcast on Oct 09 2006
Heather, Rachel and Farmer Phil are back on the Wiggly Sofa, discussing recycling newspapers and the toxicity of Phil's favourite weedkiller. Heather also visits a recovering Richard at home to take a look at the scene of the crime.
03 mins 00 secs Richard tells us about his unfortunate incident with a woodwormy ladder
09 mins 56 secs Rach has a go at logmaking
14 mins 56 secs Learn about Lower Blakemere's sunflowers
20 mins 07 secs We get some feedback and Phil talks about the use of chemicals on the farm
26 mins 04 secs Wiggly t-shirts are the height of local fashion... and we find out how good our handmade logs ar
29 mins 05 secs Three cheers for Riccardo and his bowel movements...
Wiggly Podcast 0051Get well soon, Richard Length: 01 mins 19 secs | First netcast on Oct 02 2006
Sorry everyone but there's no show this week: Heather and Michael are at the Podcast Expo and Conference in California and Richard, poor fellow, is laid up in hospital back in Hereford. All being well, the Team will be back together on the Wiggly Sofa next week - until then, let your iPod bloom.
Wiggly Podcast 0050MonsantNo Length: 36 mins 34 secs | First netcast on Sep 25 2006
Featuring part two of Richard's report from the 2006 EM Festa and Conference. Richard meets Percy Schmeiser, the man who played David against the Monsanto Corporation's Goliath. Of course, this is real life so Monsanto won... but beating up on a softly spoken 73 year-old Canadian farmer was never going to be more than a Pyrrhic victory. Or so we hope.
Plus Phil is visited by the Boys in Blue (well, one of them was a girl) and Alison has some tips on getting ready for the hedge planting season.
00 mins 28 secs Crack open the cava, it's our 50th podcast!
02 mins 09 secs The roving Riccardo interviews a Canadian farmer about his battle against Monsanto
14 mins 26 secs Richard and Phil talk about GM and (surprisingly) come to an agreement...
23 mins 44 secs Farmer Phil gets on the wrong side of the law
27 mins 37 secs How to prepare the ground for hedge planting
31 mins 17 secs Some feedback from listeners on the hedgerow row
Wiggly Podcast 0049Dr Khalida Usmani from Pakistan Length: 25 mins 11 secs | First netcast on Sep 18 2006
Episode 49, in which Richard wangles a jolly to Bavaria but gets lost at the airport and has to study lots of blondes (both the female and beer varieties). Originally intended to be a special report from the 2006 EM Festa and Conference (held on the island of Fraueninsel in Lake Chiemsee), the show gets out of hand and so becomes the first of a two-parter. Richard finally meets Dr Usmani and learns about her revolutionary post-operative treatments for breast cancer using EMs. Monty wraps things up with a worm fact that's not about a worm!
PS Surely this isn't the first podcast ever to feature a performance on the Alphorn? (Alphorn played by Arkady Shilkloper.)
00 mins 00 secs Podcast causes embarrassment for one listener
04 mins 10 secs Farmer Phil and the sunflowers caption competition
07 mins 29 secs Should we stop using bird feeders to tackle disease in green finches?
11 mins 00 secs What is EM?
18 mins 35 secs Our roving reporter interviews a surgeon who has had astounding results using EM in cancer treat
24 mins 23 secs A weekly fact on slow worms!
Wiggly Podcast 0048Batman! Length: 24 mins 18 secs | First netcast on Sep 11 2006
In which Phil ploughs a straight furrow and Richard hosts a Wild(life) Night. It's a warm, late-summer evening in the Wiggly Garden and Mike Coleman - Herefordshire's leading expert on native bats - brings along a machine that lets humans listen in to bat sounds! And, although it's after his bedtime, Monty wraps things up with another worm fact.
02 mins 10 secs Farmer Phil explains the mysteries of ploughing matches
06 mins 13 secs Richard hosts the Wild Night and learns about bats from Mike Coleman
14 mins 22 secs Using a detector we can listen to the bats in the Wiggly garden
23 mins 15 secs Another WormCast from Monty
23 mins 50 secs This week's outtake (it's a corker)
Wiggly Podcast 0047A Visit from a Texan Vegetarian Length: 29 mins 28 secs | First netcast on Sep 04 2006
American author Amy Stewart pays a visit to Lower Blakemere Farm, joining Heather and Richard on the Wiggly Sofa to talk about her books, the worldwide trade in flowers, worms and the importance of weblogging. Plus, the Hedge Row bubbles along nicely, as Alison sets Richard straight, and Monty wraps things up with another worm fact.
00 mins 35 secs Alison has her say on the hedge row
05 mins 50 secs An A grade itunes review from a real live American
06 mins 34 secs Amy tells us all about the subject of her latest book - the business of flowers
14 mins 40 secs Amy is also a wormy person...
20 mins 23 secs The Garden Rant - blogging and why gardening should not be compared to interior decorating
28 mins 34 secs Monty's WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0046Great Toasted Crested Newts Length: 39 mins 42 secs | First netcast on Aug 28 2006
Remember the Hedge Row? It's back, and this time Farmer Phil is on the ropes. All it needs is for Richard to land the knockout punch. Next, the Team test birdseed for quality and value. The farm's birds would have been part of the test too, if only someone had put out the seeds for them to try!
Samantha Evans wants to know if the badgers that visit her garden pose a health threat to her children and Roger (the best Temp ever) reports on the Wiggly Family Day. In fact Roger then takes over as the presenter and starts a real love fest! You were wonderful darling. Thank goodness for Monty who ends with another worm fact.
01 mins 40 secs Find out how Phil fared in the hedge competition - is he really 'out of step' with current think
11 mins 35 secs The results of our bird seed trial
20 mins 03 secs Do badgers in your garden pose a health risk to children?
21 mins 13 secs Harvest update
23 mins 15 secs We congratulate ourselves on the success of our first Family Day
28 mins 48 secs Roger asks us his burning questions about Wiggly Wigglers
39 mins 20 secs Monty's WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0045Bees Make Honey Length: 34 mins 34 secs | First netcast on Aug 21 2006
It's back to the Wiggly Sofa this week as Alison brings in Purple Loosestrife to become the latest member of that increasingly infrequent club, Plant of the Week. Then it's cleaning staff at the ready as the Team taste the different honeys brought in by Alan Pottinger (that's Mr Jenny Steel for regular listeners) and discuss trading in the Queen for a more docile model!
00 mins 19 secs Alison finally gets to talk about Purple Loosestrife
04 mins 20 secs What's rain gardening?
11 mins 35 secs Alan appraises our new clog boxes
14 mins 53 secs Find out from our expert about bees
23 mins 32 secs The honey gets a chocolate rating.. confused?
Wiggly Podcast 0044Think Big Thoughts ...an Interview with Tim Smit Length: 37 mins 09 secs | First netcast on Aug 14 2006
You won't want to miss this episode as Richard sets off for Cornwall's Eden Project for an extensive head to head with its inspirational founder, Tim Smit. Plus another worm fact from Monty. Where else could you get Wiggly Goodness like this?
01 mins 54 secs Another itunes review, but feedback is not always positive...
04 mins 54 secs Richard talks to Tim Smit
15 mins 57 secs Does he have any further aspirations after the success of the Eden Project?
26 mins 41 secs Is it possible to change people's lifestyles? And some of the Eden Project's 'cons'...
Wiggly Podcast 0043From the Combine Cab Length: 33 mins 55 secs | First netcast on Aug 07 2006
Another first for the Wiggly Podcast as Richard leaves the comfort of the Wiggly Sofa to catch up with Farmer Phil on board his Combine Harvester. Plus a glow worm fact from Monty.
04 mins 31 secs Can you use bokashi waste in a wormery?
07 mins 10 secs Riccardo gets cosy with Phil in the combine cab
33 mins 27 secs The wormcast podcast
Wiggly Podcast 0042The Episode that Glows in the Dark Length: 31 mins 36 secs | First netcast on Jul 31 2006
Heather and Monty visit Richard's house to see Slow- and Glow-Worms. Heather gets to tell the story of her trip to Buckingham Palace and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall asks Richard to catch a fish for him. Plus Monty has a colourful worm fact.
00 mins 00 secs Wiggly, stinky and bloomy - our latest review
01 mins 42 secs Some crop yield facts
03 mins 06 secs Monty finds glow worms with Richard
12 mins 41 secs Want to know even more about glow worms.. well here's some biology
14 mins 51 secs Find out how our Open Day went, and who Richard managed to talk to sleep..
18 mins 55 secs Trips to Buckingham Palace and River Cottage
25 mins 18 secs Richard goes fishing for Hugh
30 mins 37 secs This week's worm fact
Wiggly Podcast 0041Pond Dipping Length: 25 mins 39 secs | First netcast on Jul 24 2006
Escape to the Wiggly Garden with the Team. It's the first day of the first ever podcast harvest but it's so hot that the grass has stopped growing. Still Farmer Phil has an air-conditioned combine, not that that impresses Richard. There's a tale of three ponds, but which pond does Heather fall into? Alison tells the story of harvesting wild flower seeds with a mini-combine straight from the drawing board of Heath Robinson. Finally Monty, Richard and Heather go pond dipping - another podcast first.
01 mins 30 secs Phil tells us how the heat has affected the farm (without moaning of course)
06 mins 16 secs Richard asks Phil about the woodland pond he investigated on the Pond Course
12 mins 00 secs Alison talks about harvesting wildflowers
18 mins 21 secs We find newt larvae while pond dipping in the garden
Wiggly Podcast 0040TB or not TB Length: 15 mins 06 secs | First netcast on Jul 17 2006
Farmer Phil's Skype interview with Melanie Mathews from the TB Alert charity was more extensive than anyone expected and too interesting to edit... So here it is in full as another summer special! Not HiFi!
00 mins 20 secs Melanie explains what TB Alert does
01 mins 49 secs How pasteurisation prevents TB in people
02 mins 56 secs TB is not incurable!
04 mins 26 secs Treatment of cattle and badgers
11 mins 33 secs Thoughts on DEFRA's plan to vaccinate badgers against TB
Wiggly Podcast 0039You Won't Get It! Length: 25 mins 43 secs | First netcast on Jul 10 2006
Last week's Little Owl may not be quite so little after all; Heather retires to the Wiggly Garden to interview James the Wiggly Wildflower Turf grower; there is some wildlife down on the farm after all, much to Richard's surprise; then there's a barely concealed advert for Pond Day; Alison shows Richard a tree that's completely covered in cobwebs and Jan tries to explain how those EM loaded ceramics work. And all that is squeezed into less than 26 minutes of prime Wiggly Podcast! Thirty nine is not a number, it's a Free Podcast.
00 mins 27 secs Richard's convinced it's a tawny owl..
03 mins 26 secs James talks about his wildflower turf
06 mins 49 secs Farmer Phil explains BASP, while Richard tells us about some wildlife at Lower Blakemere
13 mins 56 secs How do EM ceramics work?!
18 mins 39 secs After a hair-raising quad bike ride, Alison and Richard discover moths and wasps
Wiggly Podcast 0038Things that go Tweet in the Night Length: 32 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Jul 03 2006
A final Guest Interview from Gardeners' World Live, with Adam Pascoe, starts off the show. Then we find out why Sandra is not getting any sleep. Alison's Plant of the Week is Toadflax. Wildlife photographer Mark Eccleston drops in to chat about the wildflower gardens he has planted on the banks of the railway beside his signalbox. Then Farmer Phil explains the difference between silage and hay and Monty (the real Monty) winds things up with a wormcast.
11 mins 41 secs We take a sneak peek at the feedback from Riccardo's latest course...
16 mins 19 secs Toadflax is Alison's Plant of the Week
18 mins 22 secs Mark tells us about the wildlife garden he has created on the Shrewsbury to Crewe line
22 mins 17 secs The difference between hay (no, not the town) and silage
30 mins 23 secs The real Monty gives us his WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0037I was Monty's Double Length: 27 mins 50 secs | First netcast on Jun 26 2006
Finally, back on the Wiggly Sofa! Everything's back to normal this week as the team answer questions and talk to Farmer Phil, there's even a Plant of the Week from Alison. Heather's shadow appears in a speaking role - although it's less spooky than it sounds. Plus there's not one, but two, guest cameos from the stars of the BBC's Gardeners' World TV show.
04 mins 07 secs Putting bokashi onto compost heaps, the advantages of Can-O-Worms and drought tolerant plants
09 mins 32 secs How we got a different Monty to do this week's wormcast
11 mins 11 secs Phil updates us on farm news, including a BASP visit, the sunflowers, roguing and flies (mmm..)
18 mins 56 secs Plant of the Week with Alison - Wild Strawberry
26 mins 14 secs Monty Don gives us a worm fact
Wiggly Podcast 0036Barley Stuffed Stockings Length: 24 mins 18 secs | First netcast on Jun 19 2006
Heather is stuck in traffic so Richard introduces this special episode recorded on location at the Gardeners' World Live exhibition. He starts by finding out about the conservation charity work of fellow exhibitors Plantlife, then Heather arrives and gives him a bit of in-work training. They talk to Anne McCracken about the right order in which to design and build a show garden although, with hindsight, it seems so obvious. Of course there's a description of the Wiggly Show Garden and the Silver-Gilt medal it won from the RHS judges, then Heather finds out whether the visitors agree with the judges - is there a gender bias? All wrapped up with another WormCast from Monty back in the studio.
(Note for overseas listeners: the N.E.C. is the UK's National Exhibition Centre, it's near Birmingham. That's about it, really.)
04 mins 39 secs Some feedback and questions - how much waste can a wormery cope with?
07 mins 00 secs The garden plan saga (we are really very organised..)
10 mins 38 secs Anne brings Richard a hornet in a matchbox (lucky him..)
14 mins 03 secs A tour of our show garden, including how to use your barley to best effect
19 mins 16 secs Do men and women disagree over our garden - we find out with the roving mic
23 mins 09 secs Monty's WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0035Never Trust a Man in a Teddy Bear Tie Length: 33 mins 14 secs | First netcast on Jun 12 2006
Here's the full presentation from the Team's visit to the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature as seen in last week's video. Richard interviews Heather and Jenny Steel to launch the new Wiggly book 'Bringing a Garden to Life'. Plus there's another WormCast from Monty.
03 mins 58 secs So why are we called 'Wiggly Wigglers'? What was our aim and how did it all start?
14 mins 27 secs Creating the Wiggly garden
16 mins 32 secs Moles aren't so bad!
20 mins 22 secs Some favourite extracts from the book written by the team
23 mins 44 secs Great Crested Newts are also a 'feature creature'
26 mins 40 secs Jenny tells us why natural gardening is so important
30 mins 54 secs Dreams for the future..? Of course!
32 mins 26 secs This week's fact on worms by Monty
Wiggly Podcast 0034See What You've Been Missing Length: 03 mins 13 secs | First netcast on Jun 05 2006
In our first ever Video Podcast the Wiggly Team visit the Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature for a Wiggly Event. Richard interviews Heather and Jenny Steel to launch the new Wiggly book 'Bringing a Garden to Life'. Plus, we take a quick look around the garden that the Team created as the centrepiece of the showground. Now you can put a face to all those voices that you've heard in previous editions!
This Video Podcast is presented in iPod ready H.264/AAC format and can be played in either iTunes or QuickTime 7 on both PCs and Macs. It can also be played in the Open Source VLC player on a host of systems including Windows, Macintosh, Solaris, Debian Linux, Mandriva Linux, Fedora Core, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Windows CE, Pocket PC, Unbuntu Linux, Free BSD, BeOS and others. Get VLC player from www.videolan.org
We'll be back in standard audio podcast format next week.
01 mins 13 secs How to tend your lawn organically (not necessarily requiring sheep)
03 mins 22 secs Rob explains why a lawn doesn't turn into a meadow if just left to grow
08 mins 26 secs How to sow your wildflower meadow...
14 mins 12 secs ...and maintain it
15 mins 57 secs Learn the secrets of yellow rattle
Wiggly Podcast 0032Monty is a Herring Length: 36 mins 13 secs | First netcast on May 22 2006
Richard is somewhere on the M25, so Rachel joins Heather on the Wiggly Sofa. Rachel answers a listener's question about breeding mealworms (and single-handedly solves the National Waterbutt Shortage, well almost). Heather becomes a Chelsea judge, well almost. There's plenty of news from Wiggly Wigglers and a sighting of DDT in Mexico. Then Richard fires up Skype to interview Dr David Ray from the University of Edinburgh about his work on climate change. Farmer Phil becomes a grumpy old man, but mellows somewhat when his single farm payment arrives, well almost. At least Monty is as cheerful as ever.
02 mins 19 secs Behind the scenes at Wiggly Wigglers with Rach
13 mins 52 secs How to look after mealworms and how to use them
Wiggly Podcast 0031Biodiversity Action Plans Length: 36 mins 21 secs | First netcast on May 15 2006
Here's the second part of our two part episode featuring John Harding and Neville Hart. With, of course, a Wormcast by Monty and an invitation for listeners to join us at the Hay Festival of Literature for the launch of our new book 'Bringing a Garden to Life'.
00 mins 38 secs Sad blue tit news, and some thoughts on bird conservation
04 mins 15 secs We ask our learned guests about planting a hedge for wildlife
11 mins 11 secs John and Neville discuss biodiversity planning
16 mins 46 secs Would it be better to change people's attitudes?
24 mins 09 secs How is biodiversity coming along in Herefordshire?
34 mins 40 secs This week's WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0030A Little Mallard Haven Length: 29 mins 14 secs | First netcast on May 08 2006
Here is the first half of our first ever two part Wiggly Podcast. Two guests join Heather and Richard on the Wiggly Sofas. Wiggly bird photographer, John Harding, tells the story behind some of his hard to get shots and Neville Hart from Herefordshire Nature Trust gets into a heated debate with Heather. It's such a packed show that there's hardly any time to include one of Monty's Wormcasts. Part two will be along next week, so stay subscribed.
02 mins 48 secs An interview with Neville Hart from Herefordshire Nature Trust and photographer John Harding
28 mins 53 secs Monty's wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0029Swimming in Carlsberg Length: 39 mins 05 secs | First netcast on May 01 2006
Richard has been to English Nature's Wildflife Forum and returns with not one, but four, roving Riccardo reports. But, before that, there is an update on the ongoing debacle that is the Single Farm Payment scheme. The good news is that payments have been made: but only if you're name is Sharon! Phil then tells us about his pea crop and the pests it attracts. Richard talks to Rhian about catering for the first Wiggly Day, but then fails to answer some listeners questions - at least to Heather's satisfaction. Plus a Monty Wormcast to finish.
04 mins 35 secs There's no movement on the pea front
08 mins 02 secs Rhian calls by and we talk local food
10 mins 54 secs Feedback Q and A's with Richard on Bees and Harlequin Ladybirds
19 mins 15 secs English Nature's gardening for wildlife forum
24 mins 36 secs Rachel Hine from University of Essex
27 mins 17 secs Sophie Stafford - editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine
Wiggly Podcast 0028Shadows and Light Length: 29 mins 57 secs | First netcast on Apr 24 2006
It's Girl Power to the fore, as Rachel stands in for a holidaying Richard. However, Richard does feature in a pre-recorded interview with a listener and her nesting Blue Tits. There's also plenty of listener feedback - including more Milka goodness - before Phil asks the question, "Will a barn owl nest in a new steel barn?"
In a very sad turn of events both of Farmer Phil's second set of twin calves died recently, so Phil consults the vet.
Then Phil is taken to task about bicycle tyre punctures, Alison tell us about the Plant of the Week, Lady's Smock, and Monty wraps things up with his wormcast (or is it a podcast?).
07 mins 40 secs Richard interviews Frankie who is watching her brood of blue tits on a Cambox
11 mins 20 secs Phil consults Bill the vet who carries out a post mortem
20 mins 45 secs Feedback on the hedgerow row
25 mins 00 secs Plant of the week with Alison is Ladysmock
28 mins 15 secs Monty's wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0027Squealing Reels! Length: 30 mins 22 secs | First netcast on Apr 10 2006
In this week's thrilling episode Richard gets to attach satellite tags to bluefin tuna for scientists from Monterey, but Farmer Phil is more interested in his shirt. Phil then outlines the new cattle movement restrictions and reports on the latest research from Warwick University into badger TB. Alison braves the creaky table to tell us about the Plant of the Week, Marjoram. Then Heather, Rachel, Jodie and Sandra go Dutch and get to meet the president of Holland! Plus a wormcast from Monty to wrap things up.
02 mins 20 secs The tale of Richard's shirt (it involves fishing and blue fin tuna but not much shirt..)
06 mins 23 secs Farmer Phil tells us about TB and cattle movement
12 mins 09 secs Plant of the Week is wild marjoram
16 mins 34 secs Find out what we learned about worms on our trip to Holland
29 mins 05 secs Monty's weekly WormCast
Wiggly Podcast 0026Why Milk Bottles have Metal Tops Length: 29 mins 09 secs | First netcast on Apr 03 2006
Richard becomes Fractious Fishbourne after losing an argument with a piece of string, then the Team are taken to task over their mis-naming of Mothering Sunday. Phil's cows show their magnetic personalities and Heather interviews the News Editor of Radio Wyvern. Plus a wormcast from Monty to wrap things up.
03 mins 54 secs Some feedback from our mothers with bouquets and podcast listeners
07 mins 42 secs Farmer Phil explains cow magnets (they really exist!)
12 mins 00 secs The interviewer becomes the interviewee..
27 mins 55 secs Monty gives us his worm fact
Wiggly Podcast 0025In the Cowshed at Night Length: 34 mins 31 secs | First netcast on Mar 27 2006
The Clare Short interview from Podcast 23 makes the press, but what a difference the local and national newspapers make of the same story. Richard gets up early to record the song thrushes at dawn. Down on the farm, Phil's down on his luck as Lord Bach fails to live up to his promises (who would have guessed it?). Richard resorts to bad language brought on by Snakes Head Fritillary of all things. Then, finally, Phil gets to talk dirty as he explains the thinking behind 'mucking out'. Richard takes on the guise of the roving reporter again, this time at 'In the Cowshed at Night' where Heather gets her own flipchart and reprises her Prince Charles impression. There's a wormcast from Monty and Alison's 'Plant of the Week' is Water Mint.
11 mins 47 secs Farmer Phil tells us about mucking out (mmm..)
16 mins 29 secs Some roving reporter interviews in the cowshed at night
31 mins 12 secs Monty's weekly worm fact
31 mins 33 secs Alison talks to us about water mint
Wiggly Podcast 0024Tarzan in the Pussy Willow Length: 34 mins 56 secs | First netcast on Mar 20 2006
Forget 'the Archers, but real', this week's podcast is more a case of 'Last of the Summer Wine, but real' as Anne's octagenarian father-in-law harvests willow for the Wiggly Bouquets. Phil's new bull is not to Heather's taste ...but he has his reasons.
Hypocrisy: the practise of claiming moral standards to which one's own behaviour does not conform. The M&S version is so easy to spot.
Heather receives plenty of feedback on the supermarket row, Monty returns with his weekly fact on worms, Alison is forced out into the snow to tell us about Ox-eye Daisies and Phil doesn't get to talk dirty, that's for next week!
08 mins 00 secs We find out all about Magnets for Cows!
12 mins 00 secs Turning the tables on conventional journalists - we interview the News Editor of Radio Wyvern
27 mins 54 secs Monty's Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0023A Race to the Racecourse Length: 35 mins 22 secs | First netcast on Mar 13 2006
The supermarket row spoils Heather's pool hall hustling, Richard chats with Clare Short (yes, the Clare Short) and finds that she is an avid user of Bokashi, and Heather and Rachel fail once again to realise the benefits of a good map! Heather has a Milka rated cold bath and pours cold water on Jimmy's Farm. (With thanks to the BBC for the use of their studio and telephone recording equipment to allow us to record the Clare Short interview).
02 mins 00 secs Richard talks Empowered Composting with Farmer Phil and Clare Short - MP for Ladywood
22 mins 32 secs Book Review - The Farm by Richard Benson
31 mins 41 secs How not to use a Tom Tom with Heather
Wiggly Podcast 0022Aisles of Plenty Length: 30 mins 35 secs | First netcast on Mar 06 2006
Dick Barker joins the Team to bend Phil's ear concerning the balance of power between the public, the supermarkets and the farmers. Plus some feedback from iTunes on both sides of the pond, and Monty!
05 mins 46 secs The Supermarket Row with Dick and Farmer Phil
29 mins 24 secs Monty's Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0021You say Goodbye, and I say Toodledo? Length: 34 mins 08 secs | First netcast on Feb 27 2006
Richard is back from Belfast and brings our second OB recording with him. Ricky joins the Team from the dark of the Wiggly Packing Shed to review two new cookery books with an ecological bent. Farmer Phil works out his TSum and benchmarks his cattle. There's even a plan to replace Kate Humble but it doesn't go very far. Alison drops in to cover Dogwood as her (hedge) Plant of the Week and Monty makes a double appearance - well, even rock gods have to start somewhere.
10 mins 30 secs Ricky reviews Charlotte Popescu's 'Grow Them, Cook Them, Eat Them' and 'Fruits of the Hedgerow'
20 mins 59 secs Whats the T Sum? Find out here
28 mins 41 secs Montys Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
33 mins 40 secs Outtake - Toodledoo
Wiggly Podcast 0020OB One can only be ...New York Length: 34 mins 34 secs | First netcast on Feb 20 2006
Richard is braless in Belfast this week, so Rachel settles herself onto the studio sofa in his place. Our first ever OB (outside broadcast) comes from the Big Strawberry, including trips to Manhatten and Staten Islands ...although nobody buys themselves a mandolin. Brother Love shows the Team just how to produce a bumper that really, well, bumps. Farmer Phil capitulates in a mini beef row with the Podchef. Anne returns to talk about flower miles and MP Norman Baker gives her his support. Rosie Boycott urges us to boycott roses. We find out why having small hands is such an asset during the lambing season. Then the Team answer listeners' questions on emPowered Composting with Bokashi and Monty is given a caution over Rach's hole punch.
13 mins 12 secs Flower miles and lambing with Ann the florist
23 mins 00 secs Robins in Germany
32 mins 57 secs Monty's Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
34 mins 05 secs Noah purring
Wiggly Podcast 0019Jetlagged! Length: 23 mins 39 secs | First netcast on Feb 13 2006
Richard is off to dig a pond without his spade, Farmer Phil has a rollercoaster thrill ride in his cowshed (where the local robin sings at night). Bird of the Month is Robin (or is it the Tawny Owl?). Farmer Phil reports from New York on the differences between American and British beef. Alison brings in Marsh Marigold as her Plant of the Week and Monty has an Egyptian Wormcast. And the BAFTA for outstanding achievment in sound editing goes to Michael Maloney...
05 mins 41 secs Phil talks about his cowshed at night
08 mins 38 secs We find out where robins go in the summertime and more
15 mins 11 secs Phil talks American Beef
19 mins 20 secs Monty's Wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
19 mins 41 secs Plant of the week - Marsh Marigold
Wiggly Podcast 0018Ineptitude is Bach in fashion Length: 30 mins 35 secs | First netcast on Feb 06 2006
The Wiggly Team take on the ultimate composting challenge... to compost a speedboat. Liberals wake up and smell the flowers (ah! the smell of Colombia in the morning). We learn why DEFRA are prosecuting a mushroom picker. The shocking truth about Richard's hedge trimming habits and the genuinely shocking truth about the ineptitude, waste and inefficiency involved in farm subsidies (just don't jump to conclusions about who is doing the wasting). Alison gets weepy about Hazel. Plus, of course, Monty and his wormcast.
02 mins 51 secs Farmers whinging about subsidy payments...
11 mins 29 secs Making a marsh in your garden
14 mins 07 secs Ponds on the farm
20 mins 21 secs Plant of the week with Alison - Hazel
27 mins 31 secs The government announce a squirrel cull
29 mins 16 secs Montys wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0017Toast in peril! Length: 26 mins 05 secs | First netcast on Jan 30 2006
Find out all about Heather and Richard's appearance on the Naked Scientists show. Buy a share of Fordhall Farm and find out why Toast is wearing a purple bandage. One week on and the listeners have spoken; Richard has lost the Hedge Row. Farmer Phil describes his forthcoming trial of the ten latest varieties of English sunflowers (which come from France). Plus, of course, Monty and his wormcast.
01 mins 49 secs Q and A's on using Effective Micro-organisms (EMS)
09 mins 23 secs Fordhall Farm and how to deal with ground elder
14 mins 00 secs Richard trials grass seed for birds
16 mins 08 secs Toast is lame
17 mins 42 secs An update on the Hedgerow row
20 mins 02 secs Sunflowers with Farmer Phil
24 mins 34 secs Monty's wormcast - a weekly fact on worms
Wiggly Podcast 0016The Hedge Row Length: 31 mins 06 secs | First netcast on Jan 23 2006
Madley school win a compost cottage. How intelligent are hedgehogs? Are Snipe numbers increasing in Herefordshire? Richard and Phil have a row about the best way to cut hedges. Plus a hi-fi WormCast from Monty.
Wiggly Podcast 0015A more sweetly scented edition Length: 38 mins 03 secs | First netcast on Jan 16 2006
Richard gets permission to go fishing, Heather interviews a garden blogger (from The Guardian no less), Phil tries to make sense of his ELS paperwork and Alison jets back from Canada to search for a cure for the common cold. Plus the new season's wildflowers from Wiggly Wigglers and, of course, another WormCast from Monty. No wonder it's our longest episode so far!
01 mins 33 secs Richard talks about some of his favourite things - fish, fishing and otters
08 mins 30 secs How to site a nesting box
10 mins 33 secs We're on Times Online.. and Phil explains subsidies to us
21 mins 04 secs Alison's back from a Canadian adventure
23 mins 39 secs Monty's WormCast
23 mins 39 secs Monty's WormCast
24 mins 00 secs Our second Skype interview with Jane from the Guardian unlimited
Wiggly Podcast 0014The episode with added Skype Length: 31 mins 55 secs | First netcast on Jan 09 2006
After Heather spends her morning trying to overcome the BBC's ban on advertising, the team review three reviews, find out from Farmer Phil about why one of his bulls has such a strange name and undertake the first ever Wiggly Podcast to be conducted via Skype. Plus a chance to hear how Richard sounds without his trousers.
