Weed ’em and reap

By C.L. Fornari

Published October 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM EDT

On today's program C.L. talks about some of the garden maintenance that you might want to do right now, and what you can or should ignore. C.L. talks with Dave Burton, maker of the Burton Cape Cod Weeder about precision weeding, and goes on to list some of the need to do, the nice to do, and the NUTS to do fall garden tasks. Listeners called about assorted topics including groundcovers, dying ivy, and moving plants before construction.

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C.L. Fornari

C.L. Fornari is host of The Garden Lady on CAI. She is the author of eight books, including Coffee for Roses and The Cocktail Hour Garden. She’s a professional speaker, the former host of GardenLine on WXTK, and co-host of the Plantrama podcast. She is a frequent speaker to groups nationwide, and has worked for a family-owned independent garden center for 25 years. C.L. grows vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and numerous other plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod. In 2015 C.L. launched the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that typically raises over $50,000.00 for local non-profits every year and draws public attention to Hydrangeas and gardening.

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