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Dear Dirt Doctor : Questions Answered the Natural Way.
Title:
Dear Dirt Doctor : Questions Answered the Natural Way.
Author:
Garrett, Howard.
ISBN:
9780292794108
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 pages)
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 -- 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 -- Wildflowers and Wild Flowers -- 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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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