A Solution for Italian Cypress and Other Stressed Trees
Alocasia and Colocasia: Hardy Elephant Ears in North Texas
Azomite – What Is It and How Is It Used
Bag the Bagworms
Beyond the Cultivated Garden: Edible Weeds and Flowers
Books Recommended by Howard Garrett
Buffalo Grass
Callery and Bradford Pear Now Considered Invasive Trees
Can You Cut Your Neighbor’s Tree If It’s Over Your Yard?
Cankers in Trees
Canna Update
Cardamom: a Potted Plant for Zone 8
Cattle Panels & Concrete Wire for Plant Growing Cages
Cleavers – Galium Aparine
Comfrey – a Useful Perennial That Every Gardener Should Plant
Compost – the Easiest Way to Make Quality Product
Compost Making—a Great Plan
Cornmeal and Its Many Uses
Cornmeal Uses Update
Crispy Pecans Recipe
Cumin, Curcumin and Turmeric
Diagnosing the Need for the Sick Tree Treatment
Distylium – a New Group of Evergreens to Consider
Does Tree Wrapping Make Sense?
Easter Island Trip
Escarpment or Wild Black Cherry Is a Good Native Tree
Fall Color
First Major Fertilization of the Year
Flatworm or Land Planarian
Flies – the Good and the Bad
Flood Water Mosquitoes Are Different
Food Grown in the Organic Program Tastes Better
Frost Blankets – Aka Row Cover, Garden Fabric, Floating Row Cover
Fruit Crop Pests
Fruit Trees Oozing Sap – Gummosis
Galápagos Islands
Galls in Trees: Serious or Not?
Garrett Juice – What It Is and Why It Works
Ginkgo Fall Color Can Be Spectacular
Glyphosate Hurts Human Health and More
Good Oaks in Better Sizes
Haint Blue Paint or Repelling Bugs and Evil Spirits
Herbicide Contamination Testing
Hori Hori Knife Garden Tool
How to Choose a Live Christmas Tree
How to Detox Contaminated Landscape Soil
Howard’s Roach Control Program
Hybrid Maples
Is Your Yard Shady? Try These Pretty Ground Covers Instead of Grass
Italian Stone Pine – from Holiday to Everyday Tree
January Organic Maintenance
Japanese Maples New to Howard’s Garden
Lemon Cypress
Lots of Organic Maintenance to Do This September – See the Calendar
Major Fertilization – the Natural Way
Maples for Texas – Some Are Better Than Others
March Calendar of Organic Maintenance
Mexican Sycamore – Better Than the American Sycamore
Mixing Hydrogen Peroxide: Dilution Solution (h 2 O 2 )
Mixing Information for Hydrogen Peroxide (h 2 O 2 )
Mosquito Bucket Traps
Mosquito Control Program Update
Mulches – Why Shredded Tree Trimmings Are Best
My Love Affair with Trees – Especially the Right Kind of Ash Trees
Neem Questions Create Need for Update
Nutgrass Problems? Control It with Liquid Molasses
Oak Flower Management Update
Oak Wilt
Opossums
Orange Oil – Use This Powerful Oil Carefully
Organic Answers Column Archives 2023
Organic Answers Column Archives 2024
Organic Answers Column Archives 2025
Organic Answers Column October 4 2023 Gardening Calendar
Organic Answers Column September 21 2022 Canker Worms
Organic Answers Column September 28 2022 October Calendar
Organic Disease Control Is About Balance
Organic Disease Control Methods
Organic Maintenance – December
Organic Weed Control Involves Several Approaches
Pavement Ice Treatments
Photinias – Problems, Solutions and the Birth of the Sick Tree Treatment
Plan Ahead – Have Freeze Miser on Your Outdoor Faucets This Winter
Plant the Texas Dogwood That Likes Your Soil Best
Plastic Garden Fabric — Don’t Use It
Pollinator Magnets – Mistflower and Almond Verbena
Pyrethrum Dangers – It’s Not Organic
Recognizing and Treating Hypoxylon Canker
Recommended Native Pasture Grasses
Removing Deadwood from Trees
Root Flare Exposure Questions
Saving Totally Girdled Trees
September Organic Maintenance – Busy Time of Year
Shredded Tree Trimmings As Mulch
Small Trees Are Gems in Your Landscaping
Soft Pest Control
Soil Aeration Methods
Soil Moisture, Probes and More
Solving Dog Urine Spot Problems on Turf
Squirrel Damage Causes Foliage Dead Spots in Trees
Striped Serpent Cucumber
Sumac – Native
Synthetic Fertilizers Have Several Negative Points
Texas Bug Book – and Others
The Perfect Tree Planting Time – Now
The Story of Rio
Ticks and Their Effective Control
Total Eclipse in Howard’s Yard – April 8, 2024
Tree Care After Storms Cause Damage
Tree Trunk Goop
Trees to Request and Shun
Trichoderma Beneficial Soil Fungus
Unusual Health Issues
Vegetables That Are Healthier Cooked Than Raw
Vines Can Be Serious Weeds
Want Some Quick Inexpensive Color? Plant Vines
Weeds, Winter – Time for Treatment
What Is the Texas Organic Research Center All About?
Why Are Synthetic Fertilizers Considered Toxic?
Yerba Mate Health Benefits
Zeolite
