The usual flurry of love for a day at Waltham Place's Biodynamic Gardening course!

We honestly couldn't wait to talk through our amazing day so this episode was recorded in the car! It makes for an excellent studio so this week's sound is a treat for your ears!

We found out so much more about :

It's Vicky's birthday today - join for the unwrapping of Karin's kind gift!

Thank you for listening and thanks to Alex Kizenkov for the intro tunes.

Vicky's mood has lifted and she makes plans for her not so 'wild' wild life area of her plot. Rewilding is on the menu and she discusses the benefits of a bit of human intervention when it comes to biodiversity.

Karin has finally made the sandpit that has been hanging around in the shed for a couple of years into a mini raised bed. A little handy Ikea tip is also squeezed in, in this week's short episode (making up for last week's 42 min navel gazing).

With thanks to Alex Kizenkov for intro music

Busy busy busy on the plots this week, Karin preps her beds, builds the compost heap and takes a peek at how her winter sowing is coming along.

Vicky's in a wrestling match with her plot layout. It needs a proper kick into shape before the sowing season kicks off—starting with widening the central path, because once that's set, it's set for life!

As ever, compost and cardboard dominate the chat and there's little bit about hair dye too.

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Alex Kizenkov we love your intro music, thank you.

Day one at Waltham Place for a Biodynamic Gardening Course and we're hooked.

We were too excited to wait until next week, so we took this re-record on Sunday to share the day's highlights with you today.

Big thanks to the team at Waltham Place for their amazing warmth and wisdom, and to the amazing Andre Tranquilni, Estate Manager & King of Biodynamics.

If you feel like a pig in mud reading about biodynamic farming, take a look at Waltham Place's website

To hear more from Andre himself, we loved this episode on Accidental Gods: Meeting the Spirit of the Land: exploring spirituality in farming with biodynamic grower, Andre Tranquilini.

Big thanks to Alex again for the Intro title music.

Can you have too much soil? Vicky and Karin don't think so, and make big plans for Karin's front garden as a make shift community composting centre, using their new -found app MakeSoil. A lockable dalik and shredder will rub shoulders with the trees Christmas that Karin has already collected from her neighbours.

Dreams also feature, with King Charles making a surprise visit, and Vicky resisting joining the fungi club.

As always, thanks to Alex Kizenkov for intro music.

Good news for sleepy heads! We've removed the loud drum beat at the end that has woken many of you up. Instead, we've replaced it with some birdsong from the plot to lull you as you sleep.

However, If you do manage to stay awake, here's some of the things we talk about:

Books:

Entangled Life, Melvin Sheldrake

Seeds: 

www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/

Podcasts:

Climate Heroes - Cindy Ford 

Apps

Share waste 

Initiatives:

The Clothing loop 

In this episode, Vicky shares her passion for birds, making Karin feel distinctly lacking in knowledge. However, as often happens with these two allotmenteers, the conversation quickly turns to compost, and a new potential source of material.

Books were on the Christmas list; Vicky has read about permaculture and Karin guerilla gardening.

As always, thanks to Alex Kizenskov for intro/outro music.

On the plot in Christmas week, reflecting on things we're grateful for and how we'd like to be buried! Merry Christmas everyone!

Ps. Excuse the munching in this episode - Vicky promises never to eat on the podcast again!