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This week is all about deadheading - why & how to deadhead to keep your flowers flourishing! Why do we deadhead? Looks tidier, helps keep plants healthy and can prolong the flowering period.  How to deadhead? Hand pinch or use secateurs. Cut just above the next set of leaves or nodes. What to deadhead? Keith and Elisabeth share their list with some extra tips. Keith advisse that some (like aga...

Meet the Jim in Jim’s Mowing . Hear the incredible journey of Jim’s Mowing and how it has grown from a backyard business to over 5000 franchisees. Hear what has contributed to the success. Listen to Keith and Jim’s banter as Keith shares a couple of his favourite products with Jim including Clyde’s Lignite Humates ,  MycoGold , Munash Rock Dust and Jim shares his approach.  The Muddy Boots team an...

From citrus, avocado and eucalyptus trees to garden design and ponds. Hear this week’s questions answered and hear who our lucky Plant Runner prize winner is. How to get rid of Bacterial Brown spot on Eucalyptus Caesia      . Treat Citrus Leaf Miner or gall wasps with Eco Oil and ECO Neem weekly Got a pond and need advice? Contact Garden World Top tips for getting an Wurtz Avocado started. Plannin...

This week the team talk to artist Anna Tronson about the work of co-host Keith Edwards. As we know Keith is a landscape consultant. Check hime out at https://keithedwards.com.au/   and https://www.instagram.com/ke_landscape_consultant/ .  From the initial interview, site inspections and research through to creating a detailed plan on paper; we learn in this episode about the process from start to...

Love the idea of a wildflower meadow as part of your garden design? Not sure how to get started or how this can be incorporated into a domestic garden? Let Keith & Elisabeth inspire you! Wildflowers need plenty of sun and it’s important to get rid of all grass and weeds before planting. Be patient, this process may take 2 years! Don’t want to wait? Once grasses are smothered, seeds can be dire...

This week Keith and Elisabeth follow up on the recent episode that listed Keith’s Top 10 fruit trees! Now we are stepped through a step by step guide to growing beautiful fruit trees Choosing the right location Preparing the hole for planting - with Clyde's Compost , MycoGold , Munash Rock Dust Clyde’s lignite Planting and staking your new tree & finishing with good quality mulch like Who...

Check out this week’s Q&A and learn who will win the prize, donated by The Plant Runner Great questions as always and some excellent suggestions from Keith and Elisabeth including: -   :Keep an eye out for Gumleaf Skeletoniser ( Uraba Lugens ) that can destroy eucalypts in Winter & Early spring -   Tips for using the moon calendar to guide pruning times -   Ant mounds? Try a 50/50 mix of v...

Keith’s Top 10 Fruit Trees Already growing your own fruit trees or love the idea but haven’t yet tried? Be inspired by Keith, the “the fruit tree aficionado”! Before selecting your trees, be sure to research what will grow in your area. Consider frosts, soil type, available sunlight and your available space and design preferences. Be sure to know which fruit trees need partners for cross-pollinati...

Meet Marco Baretta from ModBOX , expert in all there is to know about raised garden beds. So why raised beds? Raised beds are attractive, ergonomic and make soil control & maintenance a lot easier. When designing raised beds, Keith & Marco recommend a height of approximately 450mm,  no wider than 600mm if against a wall or 1200mm if it is accessible from all sides. Learn the pros and cons...

Some warm weather already and predicted to be a warm Spring and hot Summer. How should we prepare for the months ahead? Think about putting in an irrigation system - drip line irrigation, micro sprinklers or pop up sprinklers. Build up your soil with organic matter, compost and Biochar and top with 75mm of mulch such as granitic sand. Wetting agents such as Seasol Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner...

Check out this week’s Q&A and learn who will win the prize, donated by The Plant Runner Great questions as always and some excellent suggestions from Keith and Elisabeth including: -   Kickstarting Mock orange hedge with Scotts Osmocote Compost and Neutrog Gyganic -   Looking to plant Camellias in full sun? Go for the Sasanqua variety -   Spanish Lavender ( Lavandula Stoechas ) is a good choic...

Episode Notes Elisabeth and Keith share the benefits of Native plants and share their top 10  (or so) Australian Natives for the Garden. Recommended Native Ground Covers: Casuarina glauca – common name, Cousin It. Chrysocephalum apiculatum - common name Everlasting or Yellow Buttons. Xerochrysum ‘Sundaze White’ commonly known as the Everlasting Daisy.  Recommended Native Grasses: Poa labillardiere...

Special guest Chris England from Merrywood joins Elisabeth and Keith to talk about Espalier plants. Will Elisabeth finally learn how to pronounce the word ESPALIER? uh·spae·lee·uh Chris demystifies the ancient technique of the espaliering trees and uncovers the benefits for the home gardener. Did you know citrus, fruit and ornamental plants are all suited to espaliering? Hear the benefits of this...

Only 2 days of Winter left. What are Keith & Elisabeth’s recommendations for early Spring gardening? Clean up tools with Lanox & oil handles Add compost. If you don’t have your own, try Clyde's Compost Weed, feed and mulch Prune your perennials & ornamental grasses Use a soil thermometer to check for optimum planting time  Divide and replant perennials Treat fruit trees as require...

Q&A August 22, 2023 Check out this week’s Q&A and learn who will win the prize, donated by The Plant Runner at https://theplantrunner.com/ In this week’s Q&A we learn that: The Jacaranda is actually an evergreen tree There's no need to add worms to a wicking bed Plant Feijoa “Duffy” with another pollinating variety such as Apollo, Mammoth or Nazematze Kocide or lime sulphur are an...

In this episode, we explore the exciting 2023 trends in garden design, discussing their emergence and practicality for incorporating them into our own gardens. Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

In this episode, join the Muddy Boots team as Keith as he shares his 2023 gardening highlights, reflections, and designs, offering inspiration and insights from his green-filled year so far Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

Our monthly Question and Answer segment. Answering our listeners questions and awarding a prize from The Plant Runner for the person who we thought asked the best one.  Many thanks to our segment sponsor 'The Plant Runner', we love these products and are thrilled to have them on board! Check them out: www.theplantrunner.com  Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www...

We pick the top ten flowering ground covers for others and you. Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

Special Guests. Meeting the team from F.D Ryan Tools. Elisabeth and Keith speak with Matt King to understand how they make tools of strength, function and beauty, using the materials and techniques of a bygone era. After listening, be sure to visit their website -  https://www.fdryan.com/  Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.c...

Today we discuss how to transform your garden into a winter wonderland full of colour, interest and form. Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

Our monthly Question and Answer segment. Answering our listeners questions and awarding a prize from The Plant Runner for the person who we thought asked the best one.  Many thanks to our segment sponsor 'The Plant Runner', we love these products and are thrilled to have them on board! Check them out: www.theplantrunner.com  Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www...

We invite home gardeners from our Neighbourhood into the studio to seek some gardening and design advice. Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

With winter on our doorsteps, there is plenty of work to be done in garden. Join us as we talk through what needs to done, when, where why and how! Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/muddybootspodcast/  Facebook: Muddy Boots Podcast | Facebook  

Our monthly Question and Answer segment. Answering our listeners questions and awarding a prize from The Plant Runner for the person who we thought asked the best one.  Many thanks to our segment sponsor 'The Plant Runner', we love these products and are thrilled to have them on board! Check them out: www.theplantrunner.com  Where you can find all things Muddy Boots! Website: https://www...