My husband has spent the last 3 weekends building a retaining wall type of flower bed on our sloping lot and backfilled with clean topfill. We have a very large crêpe myrtle approximately 20 years old that was at the end of the flowerbed which now has approximately 6 -8 inches more dirt around...

I need to know how to clean crêpe sole shoes and boots before storing for the summer. I have had them become sticky and had to discard the boots. Thanks