C. L. Fornari's Blog

Kale and Rose Petal Pizza

One of the pleasures of growing vegetables is being able to cook the most flavorful food on earth. And if you can add flower petals to that dish, it's an #instantelevation.  At this time of year we are eating the last of the frozen vegetables from our freezer. I still...

A Postcard From Tomatoes

If you could get a postcard from your tomatoes, this is what it might say... Many people still believe that blossom end rot on tomatoes is caused by a lack of calcium. It's actually caused by stress to young tomato plants, and that is usually from uneven or inadequate...

A Postcard From Peonies

If your peonies routinely get botrytis mold in the spring, it's likely that your weather is often cool and damp. In this case, you might want to spray the emerging foliage and buds with an organic fungicide every year as the plant grows. For an occasional browned bud...
Dealing With Snow Storm Damage

Dealing With Snow Storm Damage

I live on Cape Cod and we just went through an epic blizzard. As I write this on Thursday, there are still people who don't have power or whose street or driveway hasn't been cleared of snow. It has been a time when...

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Tulips Are Terrific

Tulips Are Terrific

Name: Tulip sp. aka tulips Type of Plant Spring flowering bulb, usually planted in the fall. Why I Love/Hate this plant: Tulips are the magic wands...

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Four Steps To Joy

Four Steps To Joy

The graphic might say four steps to fantastic outdoor living, but I'd call it Four Steps to Joy, because that's what creating beautiful landscapes...

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How I Became A Writer

How I Became A Writer

How I became a garden communicator. Of course there there is more angst, effort and wonder to the story that can possibly be contained in an eight...

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