The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin
Gardening
Zoomer Radio’s Garden Show host is noted author, columnist, radio and HGTV personality Charlie Dobbin. She’ll update you with each week’s gardening tips and professional advice, while taking your calls and having some fun with gardening as well. Every Saturday from 9-10am on Zoomer Radio AM740 and FM96.7
Location:
Toronto, ON
Genres:
Gardening
Description:
Zoomer Radio’s Garden Show host is noted author, columnist, radio and HGTV personality Charlie Dobbin. She’ll update you with each week’s gardening tips and professional advice, while taking your calls and having some fun with gardening as well. Every Saturday from 9-10am on Zoomer Radio AM740 and FM96.7
Twitter:
@zoomerradio
Language:
English
Contact:
AM 740 550 Queen Street East, Suite 205 Toronto, Ontario M5A 1V2 1-866-740-4740
Email:
david@zoomer.ca
Episodes
Leave the leaves? And more on Pruning!
11/9/2024
Pruning Rose of Sharon, Bougainvillea, a cedar hedge, and Clematis. Great tip to repel squirrels, and should we put small rocks in the bottom of pots when planting? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:42:57
Pesky Roots, Squirrels and Cats!
11/2/2024
Callers have tips for controlling cats indoors and squirrels outdoors. Roots growing into raised gardens, storing tender bulbs overwinter and indoor tropical plants defoliating. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:33
Overwintering Tender Bulbs
10/26/2024
Caring for Dipladenia, Lisianthus, and Dahlia tubers over the winter is topical. Keeping a plant-eating cat under control, and Hydrangeas with no flowers are also covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:18
Winter is Coming! Fertilizers, transplanting and indoor plant care are all addressed this week.
10/19/2024
This week it's all about fall lawn fertilizer, pruning Holly and Dogwood, transplanting and insects on plants coming indoors for the winter. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:01
Overwintering Tender Bulbs, Amaryllis, Strawberries and More!
10/12/2024
Brussels sprouts with no sprouts! Overwintering Dahlias, Canna lilies, strawberries and more. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:44:02
Pruning, Potting Mixes, and Blight!
10/5/2024
Boxwood and tomato blight, pruning lilacs and honeysuckle shrubs, and burying pots of hostas and redbud plants are all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:28
Milkweed and Lilies From Seed, and Those Pesky Rabbits!
9/28/2024
Lots about pruning: rose of Sharon, Limelight Hydrangea and more. Listeners call about the joy of Hummingbird moths and the sorrow of mealy bugs! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:44:01
Fall is the New Spring!
9/21/2024
Jonas Spring (Ecoman.ca) joins us to talk about recent flooding and how to ameliorate it's effects in our gardens. We speak of condos as cliff gardens, and all those little sprigs of growth popping up in between sidewalk slabs. He refers to these areas as Alvar Ecosystems. Callers are starting to think about bringing the tropical plants inside for winter! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:45:32
Best Pollinators in my Garden Now!
9/14/2024
Callers have lawn issues: grubs, overseeding etc. Beets are being eaten, dead boxwood needs a replacement and when to prune Weigela and rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) are topical. Meanwhile, Charlie shares some great plant tips to support late season pollinators! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:39
Pruning, Roses and Lawn Care
9/7/2024
Listeners ask about roses: super tall this year, early defoliation and how to avoid disease in the future? Lawns: when & what order to apply (1) nematodes, (2) fall fertilizer, (3) topdressing and seed? When to prune Magnolia and 'Bloomerang' lilac also topical this week. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:44:06
Autumn Is All About Repair and Rejuvenation!
8/31/2024
Though it's not technically autumn, the shorter days and cooler weather has us all in a fall kind of mind. Now is the perfect time for lawn repair, old privet hedge rejuvenation, and Iris division. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:09
How do you keep fall mums alive over the winter?
8/24/2024
Propagating beets, growing dormant perennials and overwintering Hydrangeas in pots are a few of our topics today on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:06
Harvest Time!
8/17/2024
Callers are interested in tomato blight, slugs, fall fertilizing and black spot on roses. Charlie is all about eating peppers, eggplants, carrots, tomatoes and herbs. Time for a BLT! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:08
How to Control Plants Out of Control!
8/10/2024
Trumpet vine, goutweed and lily of the valley roaming the neighborhood. Slugs galore, diseased roses and more. All on the Garden Show this week! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:05
How Important is Organic Matter in Soil?
8/3/2024
Potting mix toxicity for cats, carrots going to seed, early defoliation of trees, and a long-time gardener wants to know about amending her soil. And more, of course, about Hydrangeas! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:44:13
Green Tomatoes and Pesky Mosquitoes!
7/27/2024
Lots of rain means lots of mosquitoes. One caller has a novel solution. Tomatoes with no flowers and chipmunks tunneling beneath the air conditioner. What to do? Listen to this week's episode of the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:12
Japanese Beetles - Trap or Not?
7/20/2024
When to harvest garlic, how and when to prune rose of Sharon, including a lecture on appropriate soil amendments. Is it ok to add eggshells, wood ash and coffee grounds to your garden soil? Find out on this week's episode of the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:26
Will Boxwood Survive in the Long Term?
7/13/2024
Yellow leaves on Katsura, box tree moth persistence and a tiny Redbud in a pot are all covered this week. Plus, how to feed Venus flytrap? Hollyhock from seed, pesky deer flies and more on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:44:31
Pests and more Pests!
7/6/2024
Squirrels stealing peaches, aphids on petunias, scale on Magnolia and fungus on cherry trees. It's that time of year when we look for solutions and plan to better prevent problems next season. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:42:33
Spotty leaves, Wilting Clematis, not Mention Hungry Rabbits!
6/29/2024
Overgrown tropicals, Hydrangea leaf-tiers and white fly on Hibiscus. Disappearing trilliums and beans being munched by rabbits. It's a busy show full of pesky pests! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Duration:00:43:33