C. L. Fornari's Blog

On The Garden Lady today I'll be starting the program off with a visit from Tawny Simiski,  Entomologist at the UMass Cooperative Extension. We'll be talking about the spotted lanternfly, and other insects of interest in the Northeast. Although the spotted lanternfly...

Deciduous plants have evolved to be all about surviving the winter. We humans often describe ourselves as "hunkering down for the winter," and perhaps we have learned this from plants that shed their leaves in the fall. But they don't just dump their foliage...

Winter sowing is all about giving some seeds their chilling period. This is called stratification. Note that not all seeds need to be in cold all winter, but if you want to plant them in November you can do so. I typically put my poppy seeds out in February and they...