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Wiggly Podcast 0153An Evening with Terry Walton (Part 1)
Length: 48 mins 05 secs | First netcast on Oct 13 2008 - Recorded live in the Village Hall, Preston-on-Wye on October 10th 2008, Riccardo and Radio 2's Terry Walton take to the stage in front of a capacity crowd.
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Wiggly Podcast 0152Goat Show
Length: 33 mins 33 secs | First netcast on Oct 06 2008 - In which Phil lights a fire, Heather finds out where her beloved Goat Socks come from, the Wiggly Van is seen at NASA, Monty realises that some blackbirds are brown and San is in the dock.
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Wiggly Podcast 0151How to Open an Opinel Knife
Length: 31 mins 48 secs | First netcast on Sep 29 2008 - Heather, Rach, Rachel and Farmer Phil man the sofa for the show whose fame has spread as far as the Austrian iTunes site. Along with a quick Montycast, we learn that Phil has been dealing with women's problems ...in a cow; Heather has been drying her herbs for Winter; Rach has been to the poshest hotel in the world and Rachel is still transfixed by Phil's sunflowers. No wonder it takes them so long to open an Opinel knife!
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from Heather and a duo of Racquelles.
- 01 mins 37 secs Time for a quick Montycast
- 01 mins 56 secs We have a 5* Austrian iTunes review from Suzanne.
- 05 mins 11 secs Which bit of the cow has the tube been up or down Farmer Phil?
- 10 mins 01 secs A Wiggly 10 second guide on how to open an Opinel knife.
- 13 mins 54 secs A shivering team review the new stem vases.
- 16 mins 54 secs "Look at my dried herbs" says Heather
- 22 mins 00 secs Rachel tells us all about Terry & Ricardo's "do" on 10 October 2008.
- 23 mins 36 secs Harvest news from Farmer Phil.
- 25 mins 13 secs Rachel with some Kohlrabi facts.
- 26 mins 32 secs Well girls, tell us all about Berlin and your posh hotel.
- 28 mins 51 secs Rachel quizzes Farmer Phil about his sunflowers.
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Wiggly Podcast 0150Ask Farmer Phil
Length: 28 mins 47 secs | First netcast on Sep 22 2008 - Sunflowers, Potatoes and Blue Tongues: Phil is surrounded by a trio of women and they all want answers. Even so, there's still time to air a plea to find a logo designer; contemplate recycling toilet paper; read out the show's latest iTunes Review and slip in a swift Montycast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from the singing sofa
- 01 mins 53 secs A plea from Christine Hope, tips on how to eat & how to recycle toilet paper!
- 08 mins 31 secs A quick spudder question with a not so quick answer.
- 16 mins 13 secs Montycast: My dad has planted 16 acres of sunflower seeds.
- 16 mins 34 secs Blue tongues/potato salad, purple chips and grey gravy
- 17 mins 42 secs Farmer Phil with a Bluetongue vaccine update.
- 21 mins 28 secs Time for a 5* iTunes review from Boo Book
- 22 mins 32 secs Rachel quizzes Farmer Phil about his confused sunflower crop.
- 27 mins 16 secs 214 Facebook topics on the go & Rob Hague's written on the wall about his veering slugs.
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Wiggly Podcast 0149Under the Weather
Length: 33 mins 10 secs | First netcast on Sep 15 2008 - It's the Wiggly Podcast's Third Anniversary show but the weather is getting everybody down. Richard and Farmer Phil are joined on the Wiggly Sofa by a returning Rachel Harries to talk about Mark Eccleston's green space, purple bird poo, Richard as the Sleeping Beauty, why the office smells of cannabis, the design of hop kilns, and farming winners and losers. It's a packed show, but there is time for another Monty Cast.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 02 secs Richard is watching clouds of house martins feasting on winged ants.
- 02 mins 41 secs It's the 3rd anniversary of the Wiggly podcast. Heather's at the dentist, but hello to Rachel H
- 04 mins 48 secs Time for a harvesting update from Farmer Phil incl news from his favourite organisation, DEFRA.
- 09 mins 00 secs Richard is visiting Mark Ecclestone in Telford to see how his green space project is developing.
- 23 mins 44 secs Rachel H is off to see the hop grower & the team learn that hops are related to cannabis.
- 30 mins 09 secs Montycast: A quick bat fact.
- 30 mins 25 secs All is not gloom and doom in the farming community.
- 31 mins 52 secs A quick reminder about the evening with Terry Walton and sidekick Richard on 10/10/2008.
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Wiggly Podcast 0148A Pillow of Hedgehogs
Length: 32 mins 18 secs | First netcast on Sep 08 2008 - Heather, Alison and Richard are joined by Fay Vass from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to talk about all things Erinaceus europaeus.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs It's a full house today and welcome to Fay from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
- 01 mins 47 secs Richard has a bit of feedback from Jill Grimble about nappy composting.
- 04 mins 49 secs Alison reads out a 5* US iTunes review
- 05 mins 30 secs Fay Vass shares her wealth of hedgehog knowledge with the team.
- 29 mins 53 secs Posters are popping up all over Hereford for Definitely Not Gardeners Question Time on 10/10/08.
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Wiggly Podcast 0147A Charm of Goldfinches
Length: 29 mins 55 secs | First netcast on Sep 01 2008 - Heather and Monty are on holiday, so Richard and Farmer Phil are joined on the Wiggly Sofa by Rachel. The discussion ranges from horse poisons to Cinnabar moths to growing blue potatoes and the charm of goldfinches. But will we ever see Richard in a leotard: Phil hopes not!
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from Rach and Rich, who are covered in Gorringe pets this week.
- 01 mins 01 secs A laughing Rachel fills us in on Heather's hurricane camping adventure in Cornwall.
- 04 mins 20 secs Richard has given in to his wife & is getting a horse, which opens up the ragwort debate.
- 14 mins 01 secs Welcome to the new Wiggly piggies.
- 15 mins 30 secs A Wiggly garden update and plans for next year's veg plot packs.
- 23 mins 01 secs Rich seems to have the entire Herefordshire population of goldfinches in his garden.
- 27 mins 33 secs What about the girls -v- boys medal tally? Richard intends to get behind the girlies!
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Wiggly Podcast 0146Fire!
Length: 35 mins 40 secs | First netcast on Aug 25 2008 - The whole Wiggly Team have a lucky escape when a fire starts in the yard, fortunately Monty saves the day. But first there are new iTunes reviews from both sides of the Atlantic plus a Festival of Wild Food, sobering news about shiny Apples, frugal ideas for growing onions and plenty of product promotion.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Heather's singing again and Rich has gone group fishin'.
- 02 mins 04 secs A happy Heather has got her sticky fingers on the new seed mix.
- 02 mins 30 secs Time for an American iTunes review.
- 03 mins 27 secs The shed/collection centre (shop-like thing) is well and truly open.
- 04 mins 41 secs An out of breath Ricardo really knows his onions (we think).
- 09 mins 25 secs A farm shop plug from Hev for Breinton (Hereford) and Becketts (Wythall)
- 11 mins 01 secs Heather's up for a bit of free nosh at Morgan's, St Davids (www.morgans-in-stdavids.co.uk)
- 12 mins 17 secs They're off again with another product plug. Where is that Richard?
- 12 mins 51 secs Heather talks to Julia Horton-Powdrill, organiser of the Really Wild Food & Countryside Festival
- 22 mins 34 secs Yet another plug... they obviously can't be trusted on their own!
- 23 mins 16 secs Fire, fire. Some interesting sound effects from dribbling/jet propelled Heather.
- 31 mins 22 secs What's in the new farm mix?
- 32 mins 40 secs Time for an iTunes review from Bernurm. That's Bernurm and not burn 'em!
- 33 mins 41 secs We hear directly from superhero Monty who saved the day.
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Wiggly Podcast 0145Brewing up a Storm (Kettle)
Length: 34 mins 41 secs | First netcast on Aug 18 2008 - The Team gather on the Wiggly Sofa to air a complaint, an apology, an announcement and a review. Plus there's Riccardo demonstrating why the hole in the bottom of the Storm Kettle doesn't let the water out; Farmer Phil giving the green light to an archeological dig; an item on planting Rowan; and even Heather singing. Thank goodness Monty's back with a new series of Monty Casts.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 02 secs Welcome from the team (and Jam) with a really mixed bag this week.
- 01 mins 48 secs Megan Lynch has a complaint and wants more of the Wiggly team from the sofa.
- 04 mins 54 secs Richard is brewing up an indoor storm with his exciting kettle.
- 10 mins 46 secs Phil chats to Tim Hoverd of Hfdshire Archeology about a possible Bronze Age feature on the farm.
- 18 mins 39 secs What will knicker catching Richard & Terry be up to on 10 October 2008?
- 21 mins 00 secs Richard on how, where and why to plant the native Rowan tree.
- 22 mins 17 secs Rich takes a trip down memory lane after watching the BBC's "Lost land of the jaguar"
- 26 mins 13 secs Time for a really useful Wiggly product review.
- 27 mins 12 secs And now for a serious apology from an enthusiastic 5' 1/2" high person on freedom food.
- 31 mins 16 secs Over to Monty for a weekly fact on Wigglyness.
- 31 mins 50 secs Does anyone know of a good system, store person or a large swear box?
- 33 mins 35 secs There's a petrified owl in your fireplace. (Petrified, he must have been b*!%$y livid!)
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Wiggly Podcast 0144A Herb Garden (with Lions off)
Length: 35 mins 00 secs | First netcast on Aug 11 2008 - Heather and Richard welcome Christine Hope to the Wiggly Sofa to talk about her award-winning local shop in Longtown. But first, Richard visits Pippa Rosen's Wiltshire herb garden from whence come the organic vegetable, salad and herb seeds featured in the Wiggly Catalogue. Gareth from the Wiggly Phone Team also drops in to give a few tips on how to keep a Can-O-Worms running smoothly.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 17 secs Welcome! Who is on the sofa this week peas?
- 04 mins 51 secs Richard chats to Pippa Rosen from her base in Wiltshire about her seed growing business.
- 21 mins 38 secs Welcome to this week's special guest (and Gareth!)
- 22 mins 26 secs Christine Hope, entrepreneur of Longtown & star of The Weakest Link, joins the team today.
- 29 mins 10 secs That's all for this week folks - sorry Gareth, there's no time for you. Only joking!
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Wiggly Podcast 0143How free is an RSPCA Freedom Pig?
Length: 35 mins 14 secs | First netcast on Aug 04 2008 - Heather has cracked her laptop's screen, but will she replace it with a new Dell competition prize or her new MacBook Air? Farmer Phil thinks the RSPCA are being politically cynical with their involvement in the TB in cattle debate. Graham and Sue tell Richard about the work of Usk Conservation Volunteers and, back in Blakemere, Heather visits Emma and Pete's Piggy Day. There's even our latest iTunes Review all packed into a bumper episode.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 17 secs Welcome to this week's show. Good news! We are finalists in a Dell competition.
- 01 mins 17 secs Time for the latest iTunes review from Muttimum
- 04 mins 49 secs What's on this week?
- 05 mins 44 secs And so the debate about TB, badgers and cattle rumbles on.
- 16 mins 07 secs Richard visits Usk to catch up with Sue Webber & to watch conservationists at work!
- 24 mins 12 secs Heather is at a Piggy Open Day at Preston on Wye(http://emmaspigs.blogspot.com)
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Wiggly Podcast 0142The potential to pay off some of the overdraft
Length: 29 mins 57 secs | First netcast on Jul 28 2008 - The squeeze is on Heather when Farmer Phil's radio appearance talking about volatile farm gate prices develops into a bit of a 'chatter'. Richard stays well out of it, but he's back behind the microphone when he visits Lindsay Neal to find out quite a lot about composting nappies! Still, the Royal Welsh Show's doing well.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from a puzzled and system-less Heather and the team.
- 03 mins 00 secs Farmer Phil's been on the radio defending UK farmers and Richard is silent (well almost!)
- 10 mins 59 secs Richard visits granny on a mission, Lindsay Neil, at home to find out about nappy composting.
- 28 mins 08 secs And on next week's show is Sue Webber from the Usk Conservation and Environmental Group.
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Wiggly Podcast 0141The New Felicity Kendal
Length: 32 mins 46 secs | First netcast on Jul 21 2008 - The Team are back together on the Wiggly Sofa for a wide ranging discussion that ranges from easily cured eye diseases and the costs of renting a farm to Richard's opinion of Broad Beans. Plus there's a visit to Richard's vegetable patch and a trip to Terry Walton's allotment to see how his Can-O-Worms is doing. But all of this pales besides Heather's excitement over the latest iTunes review...
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Welcome from the whole team this week, including the moaning old farmer.
- 06 mins 36 secs The new updated catalogue is out and customer Jim provides some feedback.
- 08 mins 58 secs What's Terry been up to down at the allotment?
- 16 mins 17 secs The team are chuffed and Heather loves the new WW shop complete with reviews.
- 18 mins 34 secs Beans, glorious beans, a grunting dog and a breathless Richard in the garden.
- 23 mins 06 secs Time for an iTunes review from Nadine who likes to listen whilst ironing.
- 26 mins 46 secs What's on next week's show? We have a feature on the mad nappy lady.
- 27 mins 53 secs TB or not TB? That is the question for Farmer Phil next week.
- 29 mins 20 secs Heather aka Felicity Kendall loves Brad in Florida for his 5* iTunes review.
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Wiggly Podcast 0140The PR Agent for Earthworms
Length: 26 mins 34 secs | First netcast on Jul 14 2008 - Ricardo is joined on the Wiggly Sofa by special guest Mary Murphy from South Africa, who tells him about her success in getting one of Africa's most prestigious hotels to compost all their kitchen waste with worms - and with 72 chefs at work there's a lot of waste involved. Next up it's a Skype interview with John Gossop, a Yorkshire farmer who's written a book about the impact of Peak Oil, and how it will affect us all in the very near future.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 18 secs Welcome from Richard, who is all on his own this week.
- 02 mins 31 secs Richard chats to environmental activist Mary Murphy from Full Cycle (www.fullcycle.co.za)
- 11 mins 49 secs We have a bit of feedback from the YouTube website.
- 12 mins 41 secs Rich reviews the book "Famine in the West" written by Yorkshire farmer John Gossop.
- 14 mins 26 secs Rich chats to John Gossop about peak food & his thoughts on the future of food production.
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Wiggly Podcast 0139Bird in a Yellow Truck
Length: 35 mins 01 secs | First netcast on Jul 07 2008 - It's Jodie's last day at Wiggly Wigglers so she returns to the sofa for one last time to reminisce about the early days of Wiggly Wigglers. The Team also get to see the winning entries from Farmer Phil's painting competition, where it's a win for Tufty the squirrel. There's also the last of the pieces from Phil and Heather's Indian trip, when Phil gets to talk to Dr Gupta who is an agriculture and environment advisor to the Indian government.
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- Heather's Highlights:
- 00 mins 01 secs Heather wants an indoor pool to save bath water and it's goodbye to Jodie.
- 11 mins 14 secs Why are you leaving and what are you going to do Jodie?
- 13 mins 47 secs What's coming up on this week's show?
- 14 mins 07 secs Phil talks to Rohit Gupta, Scientific Consultant to the Indian Government.
- 21 mins 17 secs A pea feature from roving Ricardo followed by a veggie patch update from the team.
- 25 mins 46 secs The team review the Farmer Phil painting competition.
- 31 mins 55 secs Time for a 5* iTunes review from BeakerJ
- 34 mins 07 secs Dame Edna has a surprise in store for Jodie.