• Lawn grasses from plugs, sod, seed, sprigs, or by hydromulching. Plant buffalograss in sun.
• Tropical color in beds or pots: bougainvillea, mandevilla, allamanda, penta, hibiscus, and others.
• Trees and shrubs.
• Warm-season annual color plants.
• Cannas, glads, caladiums, and other seasonal bulbs. Mums and other fall perennials.
• Groundcovers from 2 1/4" or 4" pots.
• Hot-weather vegetables, including southern peas, okra, and melons.

• All planting areas deeply but infrequently during dry periods.
• Potted plants regularly.

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• All annual flowers and potted plants with bat guano, earthworm castings, cottonseed meal, or other 100% organic fertilizers.
• Spray all growing plants with Garrett Juice.

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• Release trichogramma wasps for pecan casebearers and moth larvae.
• Fleas, ticks, and chiggers: diatomaceous earth, beneficial nematodes.
• Cabbage loopers and other caterpillars: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).
• Aphids on tender new growth: strong sugar water blast, or garlic-pepper tea. Release ladybugs.
• Release green lacewings and ladybugs for general insect control.
• Lace bugs on azaleas, sycamores: garlic-pepper tea or Garrett Juice plus garlic.
• Weeds: hand remove or use mechanical devices.
• Fire ants: Drench mounds with manure compost tea, molasses, and citrus oil products.

• Climbing roses after their bloom.
• Spring-flowering shrubs, vines, shrubs, and trees after their bloom.
• "Pinch" away the growing tips of mums weekly.

• Mow weekly and leave clippings on the lawn.
• Turn compost pile and continue to add new ingredients.
• Mulch all bare soil.
• Feed the birds!