Muddy Boots
Landscape Designer, Keith Edwards, and 'Garden Girl', Elisabeth Kingman, join forces to bring an engaging, informative, and entertaining take on all things gardens. From growing perfect produce to garden design, Keith and Elisabeth will cover it. Come along and get your hands and boots muddy. For more information follow us on Instagram @muddybootspodcast
Muddy Boots
What’s Happening In The Garden In July
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Keith and Elisabeth
Mid July and half way through Winter. Plenty of jobs to prepare for the Spring season ahead!
- Get your soil into great shape - add compost (Keith recommends Clyde's Compost), Munash Rock Dust, MycoGold (added at time of planting) and mulch. Add products like Blood & Bone manure and Rooster Booster now as these take some months to take effect
- Good time to plant and/or fertilise brassicas. Feed with liquid fertliser like Charlie Carp or Power Feed now to optimise growth. Still time to plant cabbages, lettuce, radish, turnips, peas, beans and herbs
- Clean up your tools - scrub off rust, sharpen and treat with Vaseline
- Prune deciduous plants including apple trees by approximately ⅓ . Avoid pruning apricots (this should be done in Summer). Prune to an outward growing bud. Open out centre to allow light and air.
- Prevent (or treat) pests like aphids and mealybugs with ECO Neem and Eco Oil
- Continue to water your vegetables (depending on rain). Vegetables need 4mm a day!
- Get on top of weeds while they are growing less vigorously. Keith & Elisabeth love F.D Ryan's Ho-Mi and Collinear tools. Best to do in the low growth period on the Moon calendar
- Open up compact soil with F.D Ryan's Broad fork to eliminate algae and moss
- Perfect time to buy and plant bare-rooted trees (in cooler states).
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