Muddy Boots

🌱 Muddy Boots Podcast Notes – Q&A
This week's Q&A covers moving a garden interstate, transplanting berries, battling invasive weeds, raised garden beds, wicking beds and plenty of practical gardening advice.
Topics Covered
🌸 Moving a Garden
Dahlias (Dahlia spp.)
Ranunculus (Ranunculus asiaticus)
Zinnias (Zinnia elegans)
🍓 Transplanting Cane Berries
Heritage Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
Yellow Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
Boysenberry (Rubus × boysenii)
🌱 Weed Control
Creeping Buttercup / Weedy Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Wandering Dew (Tradescantia fluminensis)
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
🌿 Gardening with Kids
Radish (Raphanus sativus)
French Breakfast Radish (Raphanus sativus 'French Breakfast')
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Snow Pea (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon)
Sugar Snap Pea (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon)
🍈 Productive Gardens
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)
Apple (espalier) (Malus domestica)
Pear (espalier) (Pyrus communis)
🌳 Other Plants Mentioned
Liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Pine (Pinus spp.)
🪱 Wicking Beds
Earthworms vs compost worms—what's the difference and which belong in your raised beds?
Products Mentioned
• Clyde Compost – https://clydecompost.com.au
• Neutrog Go Go Juice – https://neutrog.com.au
• Plant Runner – https://www.theplantrunner.com
• Wormly Worm Farm – https://wormly.com.au
• Manutec Soil pH Test Kit – https://www.manutec.com.au
• FD Ryan Broadfork – https://fdryan.com.au
🎉 Congratulations to this month's Plant Runner prize winner, Kimberly, for her excellent question about invasive passionfruit rootstock.
Happy gardening! 🌱
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Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just needing a reset? In this inspiring episode, special guest Conchi Batson shares how gardening became a lifeline during a difficult chapter in her life. 
Discover how slowing down, getting your hands in the soil, and reconnecting with nature can transform both your mindset and your garden. 
If you’ve ever needed a reason to step outside and reset, this episode will leave you feeling motivated and hopeful.
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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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Recommended Plants

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

Recommended Products
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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