Muddy Boots: Home Composting. Good Bins, Bad Bins, No Bins..?

Following a request from one of our lovely listeners, Keith and I are going to dedicate this week’s podcast on one of the most rewarding things you can do in the garden. Making your own home compost! Composting can seem a bit challenging when you first start. Some people have steaming hot bins that break down beautifully while others end up with a soggy, smelly mess or a pile that just sits there doing absolutely nothing! So today we’re going to unpack the secrets to a healthy compost bin — from how they cope in different climates, to how often you should turn them, how damp they really need to be, what materials work best, and how to tell when your compost is finally ready to feed the garden. Whether you live in the tropics, the dry inland, or somewhere cold and frosty, this episode will help take the guesswork out of composting and hopefully inspire more people to turn kitchen scraps and garden waste into black gold. So, Keith, let’s get composting! Do you have a question for the Muddy Boots team? Please send it to: [email protected] ❧ Muddy Boots website: https://www.muddyboots.net.au/ ❧ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6twIAE0... ❧ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... ❧ Instagram:   / muddybootspodcast   ❧ Facebook:   / muddybootspodcasts   ❧ Elisabeth Kingman Facebook:   / elisabethgardengirl   ❧ Elisabeth Kingman Instagram:   / elisabethgardengirl   ❧ Keith Edwards Instagram:   / ke_landscape_consultant   ❧ Keith Edwards Landscape Design: https://keithedwards.com.au/ Sponsor links: ❧ Clyde Compost: https://clydecompost.com ❧ The Plant Runner: https://theplantrunner.com ❧ Backyard Botanist: https://backyardbotanist.com.au ❧ BioStim: https://biostim.com.au Muddy Boots is filmed, mixed and edited by Brett Kingman.    / brettkingman