C. L. Fornari's Blog

A Postcard From Butterfly Support Plants

Some random tips for supporting butterflies: Don’t use pesticides unless you really have to. Ignore clusters aphids and other insects that are on ornamentals and aren’t eating your food. Don’t spray wholesale tick and mosquito killers. Leave native wild cherry trees –...

Postcard From August Petunias

If your petunias aren't looking as flower-filled and bushy as they did early in the summer, you can trim them back by 1/3 to 1/2 (sometimes more!), water them well and then give them a dose of a synthetic fertilizer. (Organic fertilizers take too long at this time of...
Garden Tomatoes With Rice

Garden Tomatoes With Rice

As long as I knew my Italian mother-in-law, Misa Fornari, she made rice stuffed tomatoes every summer. It is a summer dish because it's best when made with full flavor, ripe-from-the-garden tomatoes. The recipe is...

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