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Where's Marty? Checking out Champion Mulch in in Elkridge ahead of spring gardening

Where's Marty? Checking out Champion Mulch in in Elkridge ahead of spring gardening
Where's Marty? Checking out Champion Mulch in in Elkridge ahead of spring gardening 01:31

Hi Everyone!

Today turned out to be quite the treat. 

Where's Marty? Getting ready for spring gardening with Champion Mulch 02:23

A while back, I thought that one month out from the start of the calendar, spring, it would be interesting to see how places that make massive amounts of mulch would be gearing up for the new season. \

So your "WM?" staff went online searching out companies who make the stuff. 

And we came upon "Champion Mulch and Stone Supply" in Elkridge. 

They not only make tens of thousands of pounds of mulch, sell tons of different stones, (servicing both residential and business), have a landscaping and outdoor patio business, but are also run by women. A quirky Marty idea became a really multi-level story.

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Where's Marty? At champion Champion Mulch in Elkridge getting ready to garden 02:59

Both of our guests, Gisele Maia and Kristin Pintilie, pointed out they created a business in an industry dominated by guys. 

But they also pointed out that business is business. 

Service the customer, price fairly and remain attentive to moving a company forward are the keys for a woman or a man to succeed.

Three years ago, they started "Champion," and started big. 

Why not? Small takes the same effort, (basically), so on Race Road in Elkridge is quite the complex. 

Watch the segment and you'll feel the positive vibes there. 

But back to my mulch idea. 

Look at all that mulch in the shot below. The size of the front-end loader in the front of the mulch will, visually, tell you how big those mounds are. And you know you can dye mulch?

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Not only does "Champion" make its own mulch but can dye it to order using environmentally friendly products. (All of life is show biz right.)

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And over the next month, "Champion" expects to sell upwards of 30,000 tons of it. Here is Champion's website for all of your needs, https://championmulch.com/, and we thank them for being fine hosts to us (and you!). 

The spring season is already on in the world of lawn care and landscaping. And in reality, if you count the days, we are less than a month from calendar spring. If it was only that easy, right?

K2 and I hope you have a great and safe weekend. 

And I can tell you that next Monday and Tuesday, "Where's  Marty?" will BLOW YOUR MIND. What we found in "our own backyard" is gonna amaze you! See ya then.

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