Dirt Doctor this week with Howard Garrett - Art Studio and tree health

In the October 17, 2026, Dirt Doctor Podcast Howard Garrett discusses a lot of tree topics, such as proper identification of ash trees in Texas yards (Texas ash - good, Arizona ash - bad) and an innovative treatment he is trying in a damaged oak at his home. Proper pruning is again illustrated, and there are some dog videos (no microphones knocked off in the process).

Podcast highlights
- SPCA
- Nellie climbing tree
- Art studio shots
- Baldcypress seed preparation
- Video - tree damage
- Tree injector recommendation
- Bad and good pruning techniques
- Treating tree cavities
- Horseherb
- Emerald ash borers
- Texas ash versus Arizona ash
- Mexican buckeye
- Big leaf maple
- TORC Beck and Bradford

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Dirt Doctor this week with Howard Garrett - Fall Gardening, New Products, Art Studio Tour

The October 10, 2026, Dirt Doctor Podcast with Howard Garrett discusses what you can be doing in your yard and garden this fall, discusses how to build a deck over tree roots, recommends several products, and gives a new tour of the Garrett yard and new Art Studio.

Podcast highlights
- Essential Formulas
- Rocket launch video
- SPCA
- Leyland cypress
- Deck information and tree roots
- Stone deck
- Cheat sheet
- Garlic
- Greenhouse design
- Oxblood/Schoolhouse lily
- Leaf Management
- Fungus treatment in turf
- Silver honey
- fire ants dry molasses
- Mound drench
- Bermuda Grass and Hydrogen peroxide
- New fertilizer products
- Tour of yard and new art studio
- Podcast outtakes

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The October 3, 2026, Dirt Doctor Podcast with Howard Garrett discusses how to plant solid sod, time to plant garlic (and how), removing vines from trees, and shares a video of a recent SpaceX rocket launch viewed from South Padre Island.

Podcast highlights:

- SPCA
- SpaceX 14 S. Padre Island
- Vines on tree trunks
- Garlic fertilizer
- Bulb Plus product
- Planting garlic
- Dwarf ginkgo
- Organic fertilizer on native plants?
- Leyland cypress
- English ivy - kill with mulch?
- Good watering practices
- Turf - kill grass before putting down sod
- How to plant solid sod
- Photos of South Padre island - several
- Huberman book

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