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PODCAST

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin

Zoomer Podcast Network

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

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All Episodes

52:35

Is it too late to plant grass seed?

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/10/25

Lawn care rules this week. Seeding, fertilizing, weeds (including crab grass) and tips about the final mow ofthe season. Also are apples and/or leaves left on lawns overwinter a problem? Japanese beetles, pear rust and more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:42

Planting, Transplanting and Overwintering Favourite...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/10/11

When to plant garlic? Drought effects on rhubarb, Cosmos and Gladiolus'. When to cut back Hydrangea, Iris' and transplanting daylilies, Christmas cactus and more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:42

Bringing in Tropicals - Like Figs and Rosemary. How...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/10/04

Figs, rosemary and other plants want to come indoors before winter. How to be successful? Fertilizing outdoors now? Rejuvenation of an older perennial garden and what to do with Dahlias? Lots of good info this week on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:46

Welcome Autumn - Lots of Important Garden Tips!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/09/27

Re-using tomato plant soil from pots in our gardens. More about mycorrhizae for growing great plants. Pruning lilacs, rose of Sharon and silver lace vine at the right time! Bare root planting and more. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:36

Rotate Your Crops!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/09/20

For the best consistent harvest every year means changing planting locations for plants from the same family. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants MUST shift with beans, carrots, kale, lettuce etc. I know, not always easy! Plus lawn care now, Amaryllis (again), apples, cedars and overwintering an ancient Easter cactus!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:42

Canna Lilies Overwinter, Bromeliad Care, Mushrooms...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/09/15

Overwintering canna lilies and peonies. Mushrooms growing in a lawn, transplanting Clematis and propagating Dipladenia. Plus tar spot on maples and pruning Hydrangeas.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:44

Keep Your Hummingbird Feeders Filled!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/09/06

Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins again to share tips on birds and wildlife. Best food to support migration and ideas to control raccoons included. Callers have issues with Hibiscus, garlic, spots on maple leaves and more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:38

Hibiscus (both tropical and herbaceous), Hummingbird...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/08/30

Can waxed Amaryllis be re-grown? What about severely overgrown cedars? Transplanting, managing invasive species and encouraging morning glory blooms. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:39

Bulbs, Birds, Fall Webworms and More!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/08/23

Paul Oliver (Urban Nature Store) joins us from the Oliver Farm in Napanee. It's so dry the passing trains are causing grass fires due to sparks from the rails! His tips include: water and food (suet is a good choice) to support fattening up birds for long migrations south. Flowerbulbsrus.com is offering a 10% discount for purchases now towards beautiful spring blooms. And callers want to fix lawns, kill caterpillars, trim silverlace vine and figure out non-blooming Hydrangeas.Listen live every

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49:37

Blooming Onions, Planting a Boulevard, and Soil...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/08/16

Charlie & Dean reminisce about Blooming Onions for breakfast at the Ex last year. Plus growing kale indoors during winter, pesky squirrels, and how much the high temps have affected plant growth this summer. Tips for watering and more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:44

It's Hot and It's Dry!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/08/10

Mycorrhiza is big this episode due to Rob, a garlic grower in Stirling. We (briefly) discuss the benefits, symbiotic relationship with fungi/plant roots plus the importance of organic matter to support it all. Huge topic - more to come! Plum drop, trumpet vine invasion, dehumidifier water and stinging nettles. Just another garden show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:37

Lots About Garlic!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/08/02

Callers share: garlic ideas to deter insects, garlic infested with onion maggots, and when is it best to harvest garlic? Redbud tree shedding seeds, burning bush defoliating for no apparent reason and roses Japanese beetles don't eat!

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49:47

Roses, lawn grubs, grape vines - our theme - Japanese...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/07/26

Charlie rants about quality soil - better to provide a $5 hole for a 50 cent plant than the other way around! Plus transplanting maple trees and roses. Protecting roses overwinter, lawn grubs, black mulch that stinks and more...

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49:34

Japanese Beetles are Having Their Way With Our Plants!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/07/19

We discuss clover as a wonderful groundcover. Plus non-flowering lilacs, lilies and immature tomatoes. Are Lupin seeds from PEI in 2016 still viable? All this on the Garden Show.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:18

Roses, Jasmine, Garlic and Even Forget-Me-Nots...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/07/12

Pruning Forsythia (now?), propagating pussy willow, when to harvest garlic (now?), and encouraging forget-me-nots to flower in the future. We're all over the garden this week on the Garden Show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:36

17 Years (and counting) of the Garden Show. Episode...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/07/05

We cover rose sawflies, an overwatered Peace lily, maples with splitting bark and lavender with grey buds. Even suggestions for a graveyard in northern Ontario. What a show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:42

Hot, hot, hot! Many plants are suffering!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/06/28

Hot weather means no growth for plants. Flowering stops, leaves get scorched, and even limbs drop with high winds. Challenges include pruning overgrown Japanese maples, northern Catalpa, and everbearing raspberries. Even bean seeds won't sprout!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:50

It's an Invasion - Bugs, Weeds, Fungus and More!

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/06/21

Boxwood tree moth annihilating so many boxwood plants! Harvesting garlic, using horticultural vinegar to kill weeds between pavers, Clematis wilt and much more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:36

Fertilizer, Apple Seeds, Suckers and Planting into Mulch

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/06/14

How often to fertilize lawn? Something is eating my peppers - pillbugs?!? Growing apples from seeds, and floppy Amaryllis. Suckers on ornamental pear trees - what a show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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49:30

Lots About Birds (Paul Oliver guest), plus Garlic...

The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin ·

2025/06/07

In studio with Paul Oliver (Urbannaturestore.ca) wildlife expert! Lots of great questions about Baltimore orioles, hummingbirds and their migration patterns, and best food for finches. Plus growing blueberries, harvesting garlic and best soil amendments. Very eclectic show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

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