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How long does it take to grow a Texas flag?
Pure Parsons - Horticulture Maverick Uncut, an interview with Jerry Parsons published in Texas Gardner, January/February 2003 issue
January Planting By The Moon (PDF format) Fruit of the Bible Best Trees for Texas and Topping Trees Pollination of Fruit Peaches Live Oak Gardening in Small Spaces Should you plant fruit and nut trees? Revitalizing Old Fruit Trees Oriental Persimmons Organic Fertilization Winter Taste of Tomatoes Selecting Fruit and Nut Trees and How to Plant Them English Peas and Sugar Snaps Growing Camellias in South Central Texas Successful Raised Bed Gardening Fruit and Nut Crop Decisions The Making of a Tree Pruning Fruit and Nut Tree Onion Transplanting Time	February Winter Watering During a Drought Winter Drought-Stress on a San Antonio Landscape Watering Trees Drought bringing Texas-Sized Thirst to Trees, Plants, Turf, Statewide, by Paul Schattenberg Calamondin Flowers for Valentine's Day History of Arbor Day Shumard Red Oak Container Roses Plant or Transplants Thinning Vegetables Blackberries Fertilizing Gardens The Chinese Pistache Tree Pruning Landscape Plants Preventing Uncontrollable Plant Pestilences By Avoidance and Plant Selection Dormant Oil Spray Irish Potatoes Pruning Roses FIREBLIGHT (Alias: "ERWIN")	March Drought With a Capital "D" What Constitutes an Effective Rain Event? Drought Damage and Citrus Search Drought Diagnosis of Turfgrass Disappearing Vegetable Varieties Live Oak Tree Problems and Solutions Want to grow forbidden plants? Texas Mountain Laurel Sulphur Soil Compaction Lawn Fertilization Ancient & Modern Pest Control Gladiolus and Caladiums Weed Control Mistletoe, Lichens, Ball Moss, and Spanish Moss How Not To Kill a Tree Properly Using Slow-Release, Sulfur Coated Fertilizer on Your Lawn FERTILIZATION OF FRUIT AND NUT TREES Thinning Vegetables ROSES--BREEDING AND TOUGHNESS WATER LILIES ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS FOR THE GARDEN
April The Gardening South Texas Bird-a-thon Team Weed Control Programs for Spring and Summer Drought Tolerance and Drought Tolerant Plants Growing Quality Trees - Fast Brown Patch Fungus Disease and Take-All Fungus Disease in Lawns Ground Covers and "Blue Shade" Blooming Ground Cover Worms Side Dressing Vegetables Date Palms in Texas Vegetable Fungus Disease Onions and Garlic Pesticides Hot Peppers Tomato and Squash Blooms Angel's Trumpet Caladiums Fruit Bloom Drop and Fruit and Nut Care Day Lillies	May Edible Flowers Chrysanthemums and Gladiolus Grapes in Texas The Year of the Loquat Dead Spot in the Lawn The Approach Graft Press Release Summer Annuals and Perennials Yellowing of Plants Blossom End Rot Firebush Lawn Mower Damage Mother's Day Gift The Use of Mulch Proper Watering and Care of Newly Established Plants Watering Plants and Drip Irrigation DEER PROBLEMS AND DEER RESISTANT PLANTS PECAN NUT CASEBEARER CONTROL SHADE TOLERANT PLANTS THAT ARE NOT DEER RESISTAN COMMON SPRING GROWING PROBLEMS	June Landscape Favorites for South Central Texas People Love the Blues The Friendly Plant Killer Texas Produce Makes for a Happy Father and a Healthy Family The Unbeatable Foes Black-Eyed Peas Bramble Maintenance Peach Problems and Apple Harvest Hot Peppers Weed and Bird Control Okra Summer Pruning Hot Weather and Plants Proper Watering of Plants Hot Lovers - Firebush and Lantana Sweet Corn and Onion Squirrels Watermelon
July Poisonous Plants Seedless Watermelon Care and Watering of Lawns, Newly Established Plants, Vegetable Gardens, Roses, Crape Myrtles and Vitex During the Summer. Nature's Cool Refreshing Mist or a "Squirt" from Above Wine, Vinegar, and Jelly Drip Irrigation for Fall Planting Fall Planting - What to Plant, When and Why Direct Seeding of Fall Vegetable Crops Leaf Scorch Summertime Care of Roses and Crape Myrtles Hibiscus Vacation Plant Care Cactus Figs Fall Gardening Site Selection Prepare Soil for Fall Planting	August Pecan Nut Drop and Limb Breakage The Harmless Wasp and the Beautiful 'Desert Rose' Saving Seed of hybrid varieties - once not recommended; now encouraged Cutback Now to Ensure Fall Blooms Later Fatalistic Gardening Practices Fig Culture Weeds, Grass and Nutsedge Control Photoperiodisim Pecan Webworms, Honeydew, and Cotton Root Rot Regular Pecan Bearing Squirrels and Pears Vegetables That Can Prevent Cancer Strange and Unusual Bug Problems Bulb Planting Time FALL PLANTING - WHAT TO PLANT, WHEN, WHY INDOOR LANDSCAPING ROSES IN THE FALL SHADY LAWN PRODUCTION	September Spinach --Organic Contamination from California Pears and Pear Preservation Crapemyrtle - The Best Landscape Plant for Texas Bamboo is usually Damn-boo Brown Spots in the Lawn and Solutions Amaranth (Pigweed) Spices Tree Decline and Sidewalk Trees Root Misunderstanding Dooryard Citrus Intercropping - Caging and Staking What's in a name? Fall Planting Dates COLE CROPS FOR COLD WEATHER CONTAINER GARDENING or PORTA-GROWING PERSIMMONS FOR FALL STRAWBERRY CULTURE
October Horticulture Activities for Fall Instant Color and Wildlife Attraction with Garden Mums and Others It Must be Crinum Time Again! Onions, Garlic, and Crawford Lettuce To Overseed or Not to Overseed Onions Growing Spinach Antique Roses Cemetary Flowers Tree Cavities Garlic Interior Landscape Spinach Transplants Herbs and Herbal Tea Fall Planting of Flowering Bulbs Carrots Fall Planting of Trees and Shrubs What Happened to My Pecans?! Lawn Fertilization and Winterization ALKALINITY, IRON CHLOROSIS, GRASS DISEASES, SPAGHUM PEAT AND LAWN DRESSING IN THE FALL Pumpkins and Halloween	November The Truth About Microbes Forcing Bulbs Thanksgiving Eating Pecans Equal Good Health and Good Eating Deer Hunting Lasagna Bulb Planting Sweet Potatoes Sweet Peas Bananas Harvesting Garden Produce Composting Landscaping and Soil Preparation Houseplant Problems Drying Flowers Fall is the time to plant Bluebonnets and other Wildflowers Pecan History, Strange Pecan Questions, Plus Recipes and Storage Nematode Control with Cereal Rye Cold Protection TELLTALE FROST SIGNS Thanksgiving	December Nematode Control and The Best Organic Matter Short Lived Christmas Trees and Long Lasting Christmas Gifts Good-Eating Recipes from the Parsons' Family Health Risk of Eating Pesticide Treated Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables, Herbs, and Spices of the Bible Pecan Nomenclature Hybrid Varieties and Saving Seeds Mail Order Seed Blackeyed-Peas for New Year's Preparing Plants for Indoors Tree Suicide and Girdling Pruning Ornamentals New Year's Resolutions How to Plant Trees Pecan Leves and Pecan Shells For Mulch and BBQ Biological Pest Controls Indestructible House Plants that are Tougher than Plastic Christmas Tree and Poinsettia Care Horticultural Christmas List Winter Care of House Plants Poinsettias and Mistletoe Hollies

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