• Color for fall: marigolds, zinnias, celosa, Joseph's coat.
• Container-grown nursery stock.
• Warm-season lawn grasses.
• Tomatoes, peppers, melons, other warm season vegetables for fall garden.

• All planting areas deeply but infrequently during dry periods.
• Outdoor container plants daily; others as needed.

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• All planting areas with 100% organic fertilizer if not done in June.
• For iron deficiency, apply Texas greensand.
• Spray all plantings with Garrett Juice.

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• Chinch bugs: diatomaceous earth or citrus oil spray.
• Elm leaf beetles, lace bugs: summer-weight horticultural oil or appropriate Bt.
• Spider mites: seaweed and garlic-pepper tea. Spray every 3 days for 9 days total.
• Fleas, ticks, chiggers, Bermuda mites: diatomaceous earth and beneficial nematodes.
• Webworms in pecans and persimmons, bagworms: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) with 1 teaspoon soap per gallon.
• Leaf rollers: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) or citrus oil sprays.
• Scale insects on euonymus, hollies, camellias: spray horticultural oil or citrus oil products.
• Weeds: hand remove or use mechanical devices.

• Roses to encourage fall bloom.
• Dead or damaged limbs.
• Flowering plants to remove spent flower heads.

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• Mow weekly and leave clippings on lawn.
• Turn compost pile, add new ingredients, and start new piles.
• Mulch all bare soil with partially completed compost or other course textured material.
• Feed the birds!