Bloomers in the Garden • 10.12.24 • Controlling Weeds in Mulch (Hotline Text) • Yellow Leaves & Mulch Problems • With a Name Like Pansy, They've Gotta Be Tough! • Creepy Crawlers | Spiders and Crickets • Gaultheria Wintergreen & More!

Bloomers in the Garden

Bloomers in the Garden • 10.12.24 • Controlling Weeds in Mulch (Hotline Text) • Yellow Leaves & Mulch Problems • With a Name Like Pansy, They've Gotta Be Tough! • Creepy Crawlers | Spiders and Crickets • Gaultheria Wintergreen & More!

1. A listener texted the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and asked about controlling weeds growing in their mulch!! Hear how to clean up your landscape beds for the winter!
2. Sometimes you can over mulch! Do you have plants that look yellowish even though you put down fertilizer? We'll tell you what could be going on in our 2nd segment!
3. With a name like Pansy you know these flowers have to be tough! Julio and I will explain what makes these flowers special stand outs in both fall and spring during our 3rd segment!!
4. Halloween is upon us and creepy crawlers are sneaking in my house! Spiders and Crickets are setting up their winter quarters inside your home! Hear how to evict them perminenantly during our 4th segment!
5. We're want to introduce you to a fantastic ground cover that has an evergreen glossy leaf and brilliant red berries, tolerates shade, is deer resistant, and is hardy from zone 3 to 7. Hear what that is during our final Segment

Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley

Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM

Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....

NYC Tri-State Area

Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR

Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.

Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!

Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at [phone] to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [e-mail] or [e-mail]