{"id":3881,"date":"2017-10-30T23:58:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T22:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2017-10-30T23:58:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T22:58:05","slug":"the-radio-2-allotment-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3881","title":{"rendered":"The Radio 2 Allotment Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">On Monday 2nd October we were invited to visit Terry Walton&rsquo;s allotment in Trealw in the heart of the Rhondda. Terry retired in 2001 and by some fortunate means started broadcasting from his allotments on the, then new, Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"3837\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=3837\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?fit=600%2C446\" data-orig-size=\"600,446\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"allotment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?fit=300%2C223\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?fit=600%2C446\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3837\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?resize=600%2C446\" style=\"height:446px; width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/allotment.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">Terry took his first allotment plot at eleven years old and over fifty years later he still has one plot on the same&nbsp;allotment. He is known to most as the &lsquo;born again&rsquo; organic gardener because of his strategic way of growing all his produce using natural means of nourishing them.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\">Terry takes great pleasure in sharing his plot and growing experiences with fellow growers. Here we are stood outside the infamous Albie&rsquo;s caf&eacute;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Monday 2nd October we were invited to visit Terry Walton&rsquo;s allotment in Trealw in the heart of the Rhondda. Terry retired in 2001 and by some fortunate means started broadcasting from his allotments on the, then new, Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. &nbsp; Terry took his first allotment plot at eleven years old and over fifty years [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[146,127],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-10B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3655,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3655","url_meta":{"origin":3881,"position":0},"title":"Gardeners\u2019 Question Time","author":"Alan Williams","date":"25th August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Plot holders at Twyn-yr-odyn Allotments held their second social event on Tuesday 25th July in the Wenvoe Arms. 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We are also obtaining quotes for fencing to be placed which will also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Allotments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Allotments","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=146"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2325,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2325","url_meta":{"origin":3881,"position":3},"title":"Allotments Available","author":"Alan Williams","date":"3rd February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Do you enjoy growing fruit and vegetables but do not have sufficient room in your garden? Would you like an allotment. An enjoyable pastime, spring will be with us in the next few months and the growing season will be underway. 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