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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

I grow fennel, or rather I allow the fennel volunteers to co-exist 
peacefully in my garden.  There are two types of fennel: herb fennel and 
bulb fennel.  I have herb fennel.  I use the leaves, finely diced, in potato 
soup/w rivels (sp?).  My fennel gets about 7ft tall in it's second year, and 
does not produce much of a bulb.  Bulb fennel is a specialty type grown for 
its huge bulbs which are often used like onions but with a completely 
different flavor.  I planted my fennel about 9 years ago and it has come up 
all over my garden ever since (I leave the seed heads on over the winter for 
this purpose).  Fortunately, it does not make a pest of itself.

Wendy



> Listen, you have to take beauty where you can find it, and what better
> medium for a homesteader? ;   )    I have long known when I can make
> something pretty looking, my kid eats more of it.
>
> http://www.bspcn.com/2008/05/26/what-happened-to-the-food/
>
> Image heavy page of interestingly prepared fruits and veg. Two pics
> may scare little kids, but my kid is up at the kitchen table making
> things out of grapes, and then eating them.
>
> And, I'd love a mandolin. I have a nice knife I love to use but a
> mandolin would make somethings easier.
>
> For storing tomatoes, last year I boiled them for 30 seconds to pull
> off the skins, cored them, and threw them in zip locks in the
> downstairs freezer. We had tomatoes till January. I really like to
> cook, it's my form of relaxation, so I could just take these out in
> the morning and start cooking like I had raw tomatoes. I did freeze
> some as concentrated roasted tomato sauce, I should have done more
> like that because we used those up quickly. Still, I found the smell
> of tomatoes simmering all day in my crock pot was a real boon on a
> chilly day.
>
> Does anyone grow fennel? I've found if I add fennel to a dish I get
> that sausagey taste I love without the meat. I've only ever used it as
> a spice and I'm starting to wonder if I am really missing the boat in
> terms of using it as a straight up veg.
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