Hi mchill320, I am interested in your: cucumber - white mini radish - black spanish I have a large trade of Salsify and a long have list for you to check. Thanks, Tina / kilngod Here is a link that might be useful: kilngod's trade list

Tex, that is so very true! PM that's a wonderful description of the plant. I'm happy for you that it's not a problem plant in your garden! GG48! Say it isn't so! I'm a WA gurl.....;~) Thanks, perhaps that's why I never see it for sale locally anymore! Camp, thanks for the encouragement! I do have parsley (and cilantro) in my small veggie bed and I love it! I will be planting some in the borders next year. It's delicious fresh, too! I'm going to take you up on the carrot suggestion. I've already decided to pop certain veggies in with my flowers next year because they're so pretty! We have umbellifers that grow wild alongside the roads around here that you would love! I had Angelica long ago when I first started gardening and didn't know what a biennial was--thought I killed it! Boy was it a beauty! I got great joy out of watching it unfurl! I love Astrantia and have several different Eryngiums--including of course, Miss Willmott's Ghost--who does make certain she won't fade away! Thanks, everyone for adding your comments.

hello last year was my 1st planting for the cats, and I only planted bronze fennel and parsley, but I found BST cats at the garden center on not only the sweet fennel but on the florence fennel, so I purched one of each and ended up having a mother BST lay eggs on all of them and the cats did not seen to mind what I put them on to eat. this year I'm planting some of everything fennel -bronze -florence -sweet parsley -flat -curled -extra curled dill -mamoth -bouquet queen anns lace -dwarf and thats just for the BST, do you think that is a little overbard? :) just want them to have something they like. have a great season michelle

Use bronze fennel in exactly the same ways as the 'normal' fennel. Pick young stems and leaves as required. Collect 'bulb' as soon as big enough to be useful. The flower stalks collected just before they bloom can be eaten like celery. Collect seeds as they mature. Harvest the root in spring. Culinary Uses: The entire plant is edible. Seeds are added to sausages and baked goods; the leaves are used with fish, vegetables, cheese spreads and soups. Fennel can be used in/with salads, sausage, pork, duck, fish, cabbage, cucumber, onion, herb butter, cheese spread; seeds in desserts and breads. The 'bulb' can be used cooked or raw as a vegetable. The greens can be used almost interchangeably with dill and the seeds can be used ground in lentil soups, whole in boiling water for rice and brussels sprouts, or added to breads. Seeds and leaves used with fish, in soups, salads and dressings. Medicinal Uses: Excellent digestive, suitable for babies in tiny doses. Also used to treat respiratory congestion, conjunctivitis, styes, diarrhoea, cystitis and other urinary tract infections, to eliminate hookworms, to increase flow of breast milk, as a soothing eyewash and the chewed seeds will freshen the breath. It is also used to reduce appetite in slimming regimes. Helpful for cancer patients after radiation and chemotherapy. May improve the libido in both males and females. Fennel oil can be rubbed over painful joints to relieve rheumatism and may be added to gargles for hoarseness and sore throat and cough. Tons of recipes using fennel here: http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=fennel Although common (and bronze) fennel will form a bulb, to get a really good bulb you need to grow Florence Fennel (Foeniculum . vulgare azoricum). The flavour of the leaves is more delicate than that of the common fennel. In good conditions, bulbs usually size up before winter. Some gardeners pull loose soil up around the bulbs to blanch them. Here is a link that might be useful: