Dear dirt doctor : questions answered the natural way / Howard Garrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrett, Howard, 1947-

Contributor:

Garrett, Howard, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic gardening.

Organic gardening--Texas.

Organic gardening--Miscellanea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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 RED OAK""; ""SICK TREE TREATMENT""; ""STAKING TREES""; ""STUMP REMOVAL""; ""SWEETGUMS""; ""TRANSPLANTING TREES""; ""TREE PLANTING""; ""TREE PROBLEMS""

""TREE RECOMMENDATIONS""

Notes:

"Revised and updated edition of The dirt doctor's guide to organic gardening."-T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190).

Related Work:

Garrett, Howard, 1947- Dirt doctor's guide to organic gardening.

ISBN:

9781477304143

1477304142

9780292794108

029279410X

OCLC:

1286808128