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Plant Answers > The Weekly Columns of Calvin Finch

The Weekly Columns of Calvin Finch
as published in the San Antonio Express News, Primetime Newspapers, and
elsewhere.

January Pruning Time Time to Aerate and Top Dress Time to Place Birdhouse in San Antonio Landscape Time to Place Birdhouse in San Antonio Landscape Selecting and Planting Fruit Trees Gardening Resources January Gardening Calendar January Gardening Tasks Building a Raised Bed Constructing Raised Beds Sweet Peas, Onions, and Potatoes Mid Winter is the time for Sweet Peas, Onions, and Potatoes Leaves and Ball Moss Ball Moss on Your Trees Feeding Winter Birds Soils - Why a 3-1-2 Ratio Fertilizer Fertilizer Formulas for San Antonio Blueberries in Containers Blueberries in San Antonio Soil Tests are not Useful Arbor Day and Tree Planting Water Conservation Ordinance Gardening New Year's Resolutions January Calendar Fruits for San Antonio Time to Plant Most Fruits January Calendar It's Pruning Time Learning From Israel Enjoy Tulips Inside Primetime News A Marvelous Year for San Antonio Lawns Tulips - A Prescription for Winter Cheer January Hard Freeze ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT OUR LAWN AND OTHERS THAT DON’T Wilson County News - 1/28/02 FRUIT TREES IN THE XERISCAPE ONIONS AND POTATOES PLANTING TREES RODEO FEBRUARY 3 THROUGH FEBRUARY 18 PLANTING TREES POST FREEZE ASSESSMENT THE TEXAS TRAIL TENT FEATURED AT STOCK SHOW WILSON COUNTY NEWS WINTER PLANTING		February Educational Events and Good Causes Related to Gardening Educational Events and Good Causes Related to Gardening Free Plants, Gophers, and Birdathon Tough Plants for Valentine Quality Roses Tough Plants for Valentine Quality Roses Tough Plants for Valentine Quality Roses Wilson County Q&A What is Blooming Now Vegetable Garden February Gardening Calendar Cover and Water to Attract Migrating Birds Potting Up Tomatoes Tomato Growing Fanatics What's Blooming Now Larkspurs, Columbines, and Crossvines Landscape Practices to Delay Gardening Tasks Not So Evergreen Valuable Leaves Buffalo Grass Lawn Care Now March Gardening Potty-O-Garden Contest Potty-O-Gardening Winter Blooms Winter and Early Spring Color Winter Blooms Graywater Top Dressing and Aeration Time to Aerate the Lawn Gardening Calendar Rewards for Water Conservation Vegetable Gardening Community Conservation Challenge Bluebonnet and Larkspur Transplants February Gardening Calendar ANTIQUE ROSES February is Pruning Month Potting Up Tomatoes Shrubs with Berries Spring Color Viva Botanica Viva Botanica - Express News Wilson County News - Feb. 18, 2002 Wilson County News - Feb. 25, 2002 FAVORITE GROUNDCOVER TEXAS TRAIL TENT PLANTS FOR SALE USE OAK LEAVES AS MULCH
March Foundation Shrubs Tomatoes and Peppers in Containers March Blooming Plants Lawn Grass Care Brief, but Showy Blooming Plants Lawn Care Spring Flush of Blooms Don't Forsake the Winter Annuals Sandburs and Wild Carrot Control Beautiful But Tough A Special Irrigation Initiative is Not Recommended To Water or Not to Water Xeriscape Landscape and Contest Xeriscape Contest In the Garden and Landscape Weeds, Leaves, and Birds Plants for the Shade Charity Car Washes and Spring Bloom Giveaway Spring Blooming Plants What's Blooming Now Wilson County News Xeriscape Landscaping Xeriscape Landscaping Tomatoes Tomato Gardening XERISCAPE CONTEST AND GARDEN TOUR Assess Your Freeze Damage Assess Your Freeze Damage - Primetime Newspapers Hints to Help You Minimize your Landscape Water Use March Gardening Thou Shalt Not.. Wait to Fertilize and Water the Lawn Wilson County News - March 4, 2002 Wilson County News - March 18, 2002 Wilson County News - March 25, 2002 EFFICIENT APPLIANCES PREVENTING WEEDS TAKE NOTE OF BLOOMING PLANT USING RAISED BED GARDENS WEED CONTROL WILDSCAPING TO ATTRACT HUMMINGBIRDS Xeriscape Landscaping	April Annual Color for Summer What is Showy in the Landscape Picking the Right Lawn Grass April Gardening Shade Loving Ground Covers Ground Covers for the Shade Attracting Hummingbirds to your Landscape Hummingbirds in Your Landscape Weeds and their Control Summer Weeds Cut Flower Garden May Gardening Guide Ordinance Requires Rain Sensors Report from the Landscape Tomatoes Shrubs Hollies Hummingbirds and other Songbirds April Gardening Calendar Spring Events Groundcovers Early Summer Annuals April is Blooming Month April Gardening Guidelines Radio Challenge Deer and Our Plants Oak Wilt Landscaping and Gardening Tasks for April New Addition to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens Shade Trees Important Summer Annuals Summer Blooms Tomatoes Tomatoes in Containers Treating Chlorosis Trees - One of the keys to protecting and imporving the environment Wilson County News - April 8, 2002 Wilson County News - April 15, 2002 Wilson County News - April 22, 2002 CHOOSE FROM THESE RECOMMENDED PLANTS FOR SPECTACULAR BLOOM RECOMMENDED BLOOMING PLANTS SAWS RECEIVES AWARDS FROM TEXAS SECTION OF AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION Wilson County News
May Drought Strategies in the Landscape Why Not Pecans? Summer Blooming Shrubs Tomato Pests Tomato Pests Tomato Problems Wilson County Q&A Watering Advice Watering Advice Watering Advice Wilson County Q&A Peaches, A Challenge! Attracting Hummingbirds Garden Tasks in June Fading or Yellow Lawns Special Plants being Tested for South Texas Watering Once Per Week Drought Restrictions Predicted Birdathon Results Watersaver Contest, Birdathon, and Jazz Events Summer Color - Caladium, Coleus, Lantana, and Vincas Three Summer Blooms to Consider SIP for Your Lawn What Makes Lawn Water Efficient? Blue for Summer Blue Flowered Texas Superstars Potty-O Gardening Contest Festival of Flowers Lawn Care and Planting Grass Seed May Calendar Buffalo Grass Cut Flower Garden Groundcovers Small Shrubs Butterfly Plants Children's Butterfly Gardening Blackberries and other Fruit Foundation Shrubs and Taller Shrubs A little "SIP" is all you need for a green lawn May Gardening Calendar SAWS Community Conservation Challenge Wilson County News - May 6, 2002 Wilson County News - May 13, 2002 CARE OF NEWLY PLANTED TREES DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS ATTRACT BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES PLANT HOT WEATHER BLOOMING PLANTS NOW WILSON COUNTY NEWS WILSON COUNTY NEWS		June Drought Tactics Plants - High Impact for the Summer Second Choice Trees Growing Bouganvillea Avoiding the Perils of Soggy Soil Summer Container Garden Small Trees Improve the Landscape Coping With Deer in the Drought Deer in the Drought Conserve Soil Moisture with Mulch Mulch is Important We May Escape Drought Restrictions Maybe No Drought Restrictions? Xeriscape Landscaping June Calendar Plants to Attract Butterflies Keeping Your Water Bill Low This Summer Summer Heat Loving Plants Water Conservation Success Wildscape to Attract Wildlife New Watersaver Landscape Rebate Bugs and Other Maladies Butterfly Plants Short Trees and Tall Shrubs Drought Restriction Time San Antonio Water Restrictions Shade Summer Color Plants Which Grass is for You SHADE PLANTS SOME SMALL TREES TAKE NOTE OF YEAR-ROUND WATER RESTRICTIONS THAT PERFORM WELL IN THE HEAT SPIDER MITE, POWDERY MILDEW AND GRASSHOPPERS SUMMER BIRD FEEDING TIPS ON TREATING IRON CHLOROSIS TREATING IRON CHLOROSIS WILSON COUNTY NEWS WILSON COUNTY NEWS WILSON COUNTY NEWS WILSON COUNTY NEWS XERISCAPE LANDSCAPING
July Fall Tomatoes and Marigolds Rain and Grassy Weeds Vines Watering the Lawn in a Drought Hot Weather All-Stars Excess Rain Strategies Formula for Attracting Hummingbirds to your Patio Coping with Drought Restrictions Consider a Bird Bath and Providing Water for the Deer Water for Birds and other Wildlife Container Gardening Container Gardening for Fruits, Blooms, Herbs, and Vegetables To Plant or Not to Plant July Gardening Calendar Season to Save Drought Restrictions in 05 Crape Myrtles Difficult Tasks for Summer Tough Roses for the Xeriscape Drought Restrictions or Not Tough Roses for the Xeriscape Crape Myrtles July Garden Calendar Gardening is Important in July Problems with Mulch and Organic Material Water Conservation Ordinance New Lawn in the Drought Soggy Roots Time to Think About Fall Gardening Watering During Drought Restrictions Watering Tips Wilson County News - July 1, 2002 Wilson County News - July 8, 2002 Recycling Water Roses Summer Flowers for Butterflies Summer Maintenance Wilson County News Wilson County News Zinnias		August Do Not Forget the Birds Preparing Roses for the Fall Bloom Period Lawn Care in August The Heat Lovers - Where are they? Crepe Myrtles August Gardening Drought Restrictions Report Drought Bloomers Drought All-Stars Options with Your Lawn Minimizing your Water Bill and Still Having a Green Lawn Gardening Activities During the Drought August Gardening Tasks Plants for the Patio and Garden to Attract Hummingbirds Revised Water Resource Plan 2005 Brown Spots on the Lawn August Garden Calendar Shade Garden Fall is the Time for Planting and Sales Local Businesses Recognized for contributing to water savings Controlling Weeds with Contact Herbicides Weed Control in the Lawn August Gardening and Landscaping Calendar Sand and Burr Control Season to Save Community Challenge Sand Burs Neighborhoods in Action Organic Material Reduces Water Bill Citrus in the Landscape Organic Material and Water Conservation Citrus in San Antonio Summer Blooms Mulching Lawnmowers Low-Flow Toilets Oak Leaf Rust and Purple Caterpillars Southside Interconnect Water Sources for Plants What's Blooming? Which Grass is For You? Wilson County News - August 19, 2002 Wilson County News
September Fall Lawn Tasks Blooming Groundcovers Basics of Vegetable Gardening Sago Palms Fall Vegetables Fall Lawn Activities Wildflowers Groundcovers September Gardening Calendar Color on the Way Leaf Drop and Wind Breakage The Groundcover Option The Groundcover Option September Gardening Calendar Xeriscape Shrubs Autumn Fruits Which Shrubs to Use, Hollies? Lawn Chores for the Autumn Autumn Lawn Care September Garden and Landscape Tasks Leaves, Leaves Everywhere Kick the Can Toilet Rebate Ending Landscape Options September Gardening Calendar Autumn Lawn Care Feeding the Birds October is Premiere Gardening Month Trees for Wildlife Hummingbirds to the Patio MEXICAN PETUNIAS, THE GOOD AND THE BAD PECAN AS A SHADE TREE PECANS THIS SUMMER SPRING BULBS Wilson County New		October Vegetables All Winter Blooms for the Winter Just Like New England Autumn Blooms October Landscape Tasks Time to Feed the Birds Citrus and Other Garden Tasks When is Citrus Ripe Gardens to Visit Winter Color Bird Feeding Bird Feeding Time to Feed the Birds Winter Color Time to Plant Wildflowers Lawn Care Less Water Needed Free Plants and Volunteer Opportunities October Calendar Planting Flowers in October Wildflowers Groundcovers Easy Care Landscape Water Conservation Ordinance Cool Weather Gardening in South Texas Winter Color Cool Weather Color Water Conservation Ordinance Wildflower Seed Time Water Conservation Ordinance Time to Plant Most Wildflowers Selecting Winter Color Winter Annuals For Color
November Spectacular Color It is Tree and Shrub Planting Time Mortarless Garden Paths Wildflower Time Gardening Volunteer Opportunities Fruit Without Sprays Winter Bird Feeding Winter Bird Feeding Feeding the Birds this Winter Wilson County Q&A Iris, Great Choice for SA Easy to Construct Garden Paths Shade Trees for San Antonio November Gardening Tasks Why They are Called Trash Trees Plant Shade Trees Now Cool Weather Crops in the Vegetable Garden Winter Vegetables Winter Color for the Shade Why They are Called Trash Trees Xeriscape Landscapes Community Challenge and the Wildlife Refuge Bring Birds to Your Yard with Feeding and Water Living Christmas Trees Be Ready for the First Freeze November Gardening Calendar Pansies, Primula, and Sweet Peas Conifers for South Texas Wilson County News Compost and Mulch Q&A on Freeze Damage Plants for the Shade Lawn Care Growing Cyclamen and Spinach November Gardening Calendar Water Saver Landscape Rebate Books for the San Antonio Gardner BIRD FEEDING Winter Color CARE OF NEWLY PLANTED TREES Conserve Water, Buy Christmas Presents EARLY WINTER ACTIVITIES TO CONSIDER Fall Colors FALL IS BEST TIME TO PLANT SHADE TREES FALL VEGETABLE GARDEN GARDENING TASKS FOR THIS MONTH Leaves as a Resource Leaves are Valuable Living With Deer Old Fashioned Roses PLANTING TENDER PLANTS Wilson County News Wilson County News Wilson County News Wilson County News Winter Color in the Shade Winter Lawn Care Winter Lawn Care		December Living Holiday Trees Shrubs for the Landscape Cyclamen and Primula for Winter Shade Holiday Plants Gardening Books for Holiday Gifts Protecting Cold-Sensitive Plants Cold Weather and Your Plants December Gardening Tasks Care of Poinsettias after Christmas Water Conservation Ordinance - Express Your Opinion To Cut or Not to Cut Reasons to Delay Retiring the Mower and Cutting Freeze Damage December Calendar Live Holiday Trees Holiday Gift Ideas for the Gardner Garden Books for Holiday Gifts Gifts for the Gardener Wilson County News Efficient Irrigation Systems and New Rules for SA New Rules for Irrigation Systems Winter Birds Books for the Gardener Christmas Gifts for the Gardener Questions and Answers on Freeze Damage Christmas Gifts December Gardening Calendar Building a Raised Bed Holiday Gifts for the Gardener CONIFERS DROUGHT RESTRICTION INFORMATION HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR THE GARDENER HOLIDAY GIFTS IDEAS FOR GARDENERS Hollies for San Antonio KEEPING SQUIRRELS AWAY FROM BIRD FEEDERS LANDSCAPE REBATES Leaves TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL WATER RESTRICTIONS
WATER SAVERS - SMARTER WATERING Easy Gardening: Mulching Efficient use of water in the garden and landscape Evaporation and rainfall in Texas Factors considered important by successful vegetable growers Landscape Water Conservation ... Xeriscape Mulches for low-cost/low-maintenance landscapes Non-irrigated turf maintenance - Lawns, parks, school grounds, sports fields and golf courses San Antonio Water System rules, regulations and suggestions Water Saver - Drought Survival Drought Strategies Mulch To Water or Not to Water Water Water Saver Rebate Q&A Water management on turfgrasses


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