Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way

Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way

by Howard Garrett
Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way

Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way

by Howard Garrett

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Overview

“Dallas Morning News columnist and fervent advocate of the organic technique leaves no stone unturned on the subject of chemical-free gardening.” —Publishers Weekly

Howard Garrett has converted gardeners throughout Texas and beyond to gardening the natural way without chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides. In this revised and updated edition of The Dirt Doctor’s Guide to Organic Gardening, he uses a question-and-answer format to present a wealth of new information on organic gardening, landscaping, pest control, and natural living. The book also incorporates valuable feedback and suggestions from gardeners who've successfully used Howard’s methods.

“This is a ‘must-read’ for home gardeners. It should be mandatory reading for commercial growers.” –California Garden


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781477304143
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 01/06/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Howard Garrett is a landscape architect, certified arborist, horticulturist, and organic practitioner in Dallas, Texas. He promotes his organic gardening program, The Natural Way, through his WBAP radio and Channel 8 TV shows, weekly column in the Dallas Morning News, monthly Dirt Doctor’s Dirt magazine, and regional and national speaking engagements.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Basics of Going Organic
    • Ten Reasons to Go Organic
    • Basic Organic Program
    • Balance of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology
  • Soil and Bed Preparation
    • Bed Preparation
    • Planting in Solid Rock
    • Mulch
    • Peat Moss
    • Treated Wood in the Garden or Landscape
  • Compost
    • Basics
    • Compost Questions
    • Compost Checklist
  • Synthetic versus Natural Fertilizers
    • Types of Organic Fertilizers
  • Pest Control and Beneficial Insects
    • Althea Rust
    • Ants
    • Aphids and Other Small Insects
    • Armyworms
    • Bagworms and Caterpillars
    • Bees
    • Beneficial Insects
    • Borers in Trees
    • Boxelder Bugs
    • Brown Recluse Spiders
    • Butterflies
    • Chiggers
    • Chinch Bugs
    • Crickets
    • Cutworms
    • Fire Ants
    • Fireflies
    • Fleas
    • Flies
    • Forest Tent Caterpillars
    • Grasshoppers
    • Grubworms
    • House Pests
    • Mealybugs
    • Moles
    • Mosquitoes
    • Nematodes
    • Powdery Mildew on Crape Myrtles
    • Rhino Beetles
    • Roaches
    • Scale
    • Scorpions
    • Slugs, Snails, and Pillbugs
    • Soldier Flies
    • Spider Mites
    • Squash Bugs
    • Tarantulas
    • Termites
    • Thrips
    • Ticks
    • Tomato Blight
    • Wasps
    • Webworms
    • Whiteflies
  • Pest Control Products
    • Baking Soda
    • Cinnamon
    • Citrus Oil
    • Citrus Peelings
    • Corn Gluten Meal
    • Cornmeal
    • Diatomaceous Earth
    • D-limonene
    • Dormant Oil
    • Garlic
    • Hydrogen Peroxide
    • Lava Sand
    • Molasses
    • Nosema
    • Orange Oil (D-limonene)
    • Pepper
    • Toxic Products
    • Vinegar
  • Landscaping and Garden Maintenance
    • Azaleas
    • Bulbs
    • Burning Leaves
    • Detoxifying Contaminated Soil
    • Earthworm Suicide
    • Erosion
    • Fall Is for Planting
    • Flower Fragrance
    • Foliar Feeding
    • Fungi
    • Gardenias
    • Ground-Cover Choices
    • Hollies
    • Horseherb
    • Hyacinth Beans
    • Hyacinths
    • Hydroponic Gardening
    • Indian Hawthorn
    • Ivy in Trees
    • Lantana
    • Living Fences
    • Maintenance
    • Mushrooms
    • Nandinas
    • Pansies
    • Perennials
    • Periwinkles
    • Petunias
    • Photinias
    • Poison Ivy
    • Ponds
    • Roots and Pool Plaster
    • Seasonal Color
    • Soil Leveling and Armadillos
    • Sprayers
    • Steel Edging
    • Vine Choices
    • Vine Removal
    • Weeds
  • Trees
    • American Elm
    • Bald Cypress
    • Bradford Pears
    • Bur Oak Fungus
    • Chinese Pistachio
    • Chinkapin Oak
    • Chlorosis
    • Christmas Tree Care
    • Drought-Tolerant Trees
    • Lightning Damage
    • Live Oaks
    • Mimosas and Carpenter Ants
    • Mistletoe
    • Mulberries and New Trees
    • Pecans
    • Pines
    • Post Oaks
    • Pruning
    • Redbud Transplants
    • Royal Paulownia
    • Shantung Maple
    • Shumard Oak
    • Sick Tree Treatment
    • Staking Trees
    • Stump Removal
    • Sweetgums
    • Transplanting Trees
    • Tree Planting
    • Tree Problems
    • Tree Recommendations
    • Tree Replacement
    • Tree Root/Foundation Problems
    • Tree Seedlings
    • Trees in Rocky Soil
  • Herbs
    • Disease-Controlling Herbs
    • Easy-to-Grow Herbs
    • Herb Tea
    • Pest Control Program for Herbs
    • Begonias
    • Echinacea
    • Hibiscus
    • Lemon Balm
    • Oregano
    • Passion Flower
    • Roses
    • Turk's Cap
    • Witch Hazel
  • Vegetables, Fruits, and Other Food Crops
    • Aloe Vera
    • Banana Trees
    • Companion Planting
    • Hairy Vetch
    • Onions
    • Peppers
    • Potatoes
    • Rotating Crops
    • Sweet Potatoes
    • Tomatoes
    • Veggie Washes
  • Wild Flowers and Wildflowers
    • Wild Flower Shrubby Plants
    • Wild Flower Trees
    • Wild Flower Vines
    • Common Wildflowers
    • Bluebonnets
  • Turf
    • Choosing Which Grass to Plant
    • Bermudagrass Seed and Cornmeal
    • Buffalograss
    • Fescue
    • Fungal Turf Diseases
    • Grass and Tree Roots
    • Grassburs
    • Grass Clippings
    • Grass Removal
    • Lawn Leveling
    • Ryegrass and Other Cover Crops
    • Sod
    • Spring Weeds, Grass Planting
    • St. Augustine
    • Weeding
    • Zoysia
  • Indoor Houseplants
    • Potting Soil
    • Bonsai
    • Ficus Trees
  • Wildlife/Animals
    • Armadillos
    • Birds
    • Butterfly Gardens
    • Dogs and Cats
    • Lizards
    • Mice and Rats
    • Snakes
    • Turtles
  • Appendix
    • Books and Other Publications
    • Formulas
    • Index
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