Struggling with smelly bins, slow breakdown, or compost that just doesn’t work? This episode takes the guesswork out of composting and shows you how to get it right. Keith shares simple, practical insights to help you turn kitchen scraps and garden waste into rich, living soil. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your results, this episode will help you compost with confidence and boost the health of your garden.

Products & Tools recommended in this episode

• Clyde's Compost
• Rooster Booster
• F.D Ryan's Broadfork

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July’s Garden – this episode of Muddy Boots highlights essential winter gardening tasks to prepare for spring. Keith emphasises pruning deciduous plants, planting bare-rooted trees and roses, and improving soil with compost and additives. He recommends planting ornamentals, bulbs, and winter vegetables like brassicas and root crops. Pest control, mulching, and lawn care are also key, along with frost protection. Overall, staying active in winter ensures healthier plants and stronger growth in the coming season.

PLANTS (Recommended by Keith)

• Lagerstroemia indica — Crape myrtle
• Magnolia spp. — Magnolia
• Acer palmatum — Japanese maple
• Acer platanoides — European maple
• Acer saccharum — Canadian maple (sugar maple)
• Paeonia spp. — Peony (both bush and herbaceous types)
• Nerine spp. — Nerine
• Ranunculus asiaticus — Ranunculus
• Brassica oleracea (various groups) — Brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale)
• Spinacia oleracea — Spinach
• Lactuca sativa — Lettuce
• Coriandrum sativum — Coriander
• Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis — Wombok (Chinese cabbage)
• Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis — Pak choy
• Quercus spp. — Oak
• Fraxinus spp. — Ash
• Liquidambar styraciflua — Liquidambar
• Rosa spp. — Roses
• Primula × polyantha — Polyanthus
• Viola spp. — Violet
• Primula spp. — Primula
• Brassica rapa subsp. rapa — Turnip
• Allium cepa — Onion
• Beta vulgaris — Beetroot
• Raphanus sativus — Radish
• Pisum sativum — Peas (including snow peas)

PRODUCTS / TOOLS with hyperlinks

• MycoGold (BioStim)
  
  
  
• Clyde Compost
  
  
  
• Eco Neem
  
  
  
• Eco Oil
  
  
  
• Monash Rock Dust
  
  
  
• Neutrog “Who Flung Dung”
  
  
  
• Neutrog Sudden Impact for Lawns
  
  
  
• FD Ryan Broadfork
  
  
  

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Hibiscus spp. — Hibiscus

Eremophila nivea — Emu Bush

Philotheca myoporoides — Long-leaf Waxflower

Correa backhouseana — Correa

Correa baeuerlenii — Chef’s Cap Correa

Liriope spp. — Lilyturf

Liriope muscari ‘Evergreen Giant’ — Giant Lilyturf

Liriope spp. ‘Alba’ / ‘Monroe’s White’ — White Lilyturf

Pachysandra insignis — Japanese Spurge

Anthemis ‘Susanna Mitchell’ — Anthemis (chamomile-type)

Anthemis ‘E.C. Buxton’ — Anthemis (chamomile-type)

Rosmarinus officinalis (prostratus) — Prostrate Rosemary

Myoporum parvifolium — Creeping Boobialla

Casuarina glauca ‘Cousin It’ — Cousin It / Prostrate Sheoak

Lowe Anvil Pruners

Backyard Botanist

EE – Sea Fertliser

Neutrog Bush Tucker

Neutrog Gyganic

Neutrog Kahoona

Eco Neem

Eco Oil

Weed Gunnel

Firehawk Organic Herbicide

Modbox Raised Beds –

The Plant Runner

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