Best Charlie Dobbin Podcasts (2025)

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17 Years (and counting) of the Garden Show. Episode #885 coming up! 49:36

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8d ago49:36

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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 RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Hot, hot, hot! Many plants are suffering! 49:42

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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 RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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It's an Invasion - Bugs, Weeds, Fungus and More! 49:50

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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 RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Fertilizer, Apple Seeds, Suckers and Planting into Mulch 49:36

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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 RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Lots About Birds (Paul Oliver guest), plus Garlic Harvest, Soil Amending, and Invasive Bellflower 49:30

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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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Boxwood Bugs, Peach Fungus, Unhappy Christmas Cactus and Shivering Plants! 49:33

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Boxwood tree moth continues to frustrate, keeping tender plants alive during unseasonable weather, peach leaf curl (clearly all the rain is contributing to this problem), and replacing an old, unhealthy Crimson King maple.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Is It (finally) Time To Plant? 49:36

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Cool, wet weather has slowed everyone down to a snail's pace (no pun intended) in the garden. Pruning overgrown evergreens, Japanese maples and re-potting mature Clivia and snake plants are top of mind this week. Even Christmas cactus is a topic!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Oh The Calls I Get Sometimes! 49:34

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From an old friend wanting to know about planting between flagstones, to lily of the valley taking over (came from the neighbour's yard), and what best plants attract hummingbirds - it's an active show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Epsom Salts with Eucalyptus for Plants? Not! 49:32

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We're all over the garden this week. Including: when to mulch, growing Clematis in a pot, Epsom salts for tomatoes, fertilizing with sandy soil, harvesting newly planted rhubarb, and what to do with a waxed Amaryllis?Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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The Solo Show 49:41

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Charlie fields questions from great callers that run the gamut: transplanting shrubs & bulbs, fertilizing apples, a scruffy lawn with a wedding on the horizon, plus pruning lilacs, plums, holly and lots more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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"Mom" is the secret code word at urbannaturestore.ca 48:07

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Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins Charlie in-studio to share tips for supporting birds and discouraging critters like squirrels. We also discuss when to plant Canna lilies, planting in shade and fungus gnats on a large indoor palm tree.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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The Tree Show (Woody Plants for sure)! 48:40

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Replacing an old apple tree, growing beneath an old blue spruce tree, and trees that grow well in moisture. That's the beginning of the show. Voles, pruning butterfly bush + rose of Sharon, not to mention rabbit damage on serviceberry. It's a very big show!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio…

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Plants & More Plants: Asparagus, Amaryllis, Grapefruit, Caladium, Boxwood and More! 48:44

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Things are hopping on the Garden Show today - to till or not an ancient asparagus patch? Soil preparation and composition - again, to till? Coffee grounds in the garden, boxwood replacements, Irish Spring soap to deter squirrels and more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Welcome Our New Sister Station 92.3 FM in Owen Sound! 48:47

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Today's show covers overwatered African violets, pruning Clematis, repelling cats from the garden and a search for Edelweiss. Plus lots more!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Food, Homes and Plants - All For The Birds! 43:58

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Paul Oliver (urbannaturestore.ca) joins the show to share his expertise with wildlife. Attracting bluebirds, best plantings to support birds, how and when to clean birdhouses, and the annual arrival of the bully grackles are all discussed today. Plus what to do with excess fireplace ashes?Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio…

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Go Slow with Spring Cleanup! 48:03

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Many native insects use the hollow stems of herbaceous perennials for overwintering. Plants like Sedum and ornamental grasses. Don't rush to remove this material until the insects have moved on - likely early to mid May.Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network

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Snow Is Gone But Now The Lawn Is White! How Come?? 43:29

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Callers are interested in taking geranium cuttings, caring for 'mother-in-laws tongue, starting seeds and filling raised gardens. Spring is on its way!Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer RadioBy Zoomer Podcast Network