Organic Answers Column Archives 2022

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• Books Recommended by Howard Garrett

• Fall Color

• Books Recommended by Howard Garrett

• Solving Dog Urine Spot Problems on Turf

• Tree Trunk Goop

• To Plant or Not: Coral Vine is a Xeriscape Plant that Can Become Invasive

• Texas Bug Book and Others

• Distylium – A New Group of Evergreens to Consider

• Plan Ahead - Have Freeze Miser on Your Outdoor Faucets this Winter

• October Organic Calendar

• Canker Worms Infestation

• Lots of Organic Maintenance to do this September – see the Calendar

• Tree Care After Storms Cause Damage

• Peat Moss - The Reasons Why We Need to Stop Using It

• Major Fertilization - The Natural Way

• Mosquito Bucket Traps

• MULCHES – Why Shredded Tree Trimmings are Best

• Nutgrass problems? Control it with Liquid Molasses

• How to Detox Contaminated Landscape Soil

• Home Testing for Herbicide Contamination

• Mosquito Control Program Update

• Cornmeal Uses Update

• Organic Weed Control Involves Several Approaches

• Maples For Texas – Some are Better than Others

• Plant the Texas Dogwood that likes your soil best

• Saving Totally Girdled Trees

• Haint Blue Paint or Repelling Bugs and Evil Spirits

• Two Insects that Look Similar but are Very Different

• Comfrey – A Useful Perennial that Every Gardener Should Plant

• Alocasia and Colocasia: Hardy Elephant Ears in North Texas

• Good Oaks in Better Sizes

• Organic Disease Control is About Balance

• Oak Flower Management Update

• A Solution for Italian Cypress and Other Stressed Trees

• My Love Affair with Trees – Especially the Right Kind of Ash Trees

• Compost Making—A Great Plan

• Mexican Sycamore - Better Than the American Sycamore

• Synthetic Fertilizers Have Several Negative Points

• Photinias – Problems, Solutions and the Birth of the Sick Tree Treatment

• Worst Texas Trees and Why

• Cucurbits – Some Early Tips

• Stump Management and Removal

• Cedar Trees and Cedar Fever

• January Gardening

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