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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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 September 26, 2026, Dirt Doctor Podcast with Howard Garrett discusses changes to the updated website to make searches easier, and discussed several trees including the recommended Mexican mountain maple, holly trees, Mexican plum, and ginkgo trees, and illustrates how to make your own soil probe to take a true reading of your soil moisture levels.

Podcast highlights:

- SPCA
- Tour of updated Dirt Doctor website
- Mexican Mountain Maple
- Ginkgo leaves
- Mexican plum
- Kentucky blue grass
- Chinese Pistache trees
- amount of grass seed to plant per acre
- Crabgrass killer recipe
- What evergreens to block view?
- Holly tree care
- Probe - homemade
- Probe - commercial
- Pecan tree organic fertilizer recommendation

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