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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

It's that time of year again!

I have been growing Sirio but would like to find one that plumps up better ...

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

I have seedlings ... nobody else growing Fennel then ??? Confused

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wardy · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:52 am Post subject:

Sure am Flo cos you sent me the seeds you angel you Very Happy

di Palma or some such from Seeds of Italy I'd dare bet Very Happy

Sowed em direct as not much time for modules and transplanting. My fave veg Flo so they are a must-have in my book Very Happy

Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

Will have to try some in the gound too ... but a little short of space at the moment !! Rolling Eyes

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colt seavers · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

got fennel about 2ft high now, just covered them with more soil today to get the bulb a bit bigger. Ive no idea what variety it is.

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

colt seavers wrote:

..... Ive no idea what variety it is.

well that's no good!! How am I going to make a scientific decision this way !! Rolling Eyes

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wardy · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject:

Cuh

don't know the variety! I would hate not knowing what I was growing, it would irk me Laughing

Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

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wardy · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

not a pretty sight me when I'm irked Twisted Evil

wardy · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:26 am Post subject:

Florence fennel update

Anyone got any worth eating then Very Happy

Mine are coming along great Flo, no bolting yet she says with fingers crossed. They'll be ready soon

My lotty sec kindly gave me one of his yesterday. It was a bit too big really but I turned it into a pan of delicious soup. I added a spud to thicken it up a tad. In the pan went a rasher of chopped left-over bacon fried off first in butter, then shallots and garlic then the fennel and potato and sauteed a bit, then chicken stock, bay leaves and seasoning. I dished it up with a little single cream. Fab. It does take a while to cook as the fennel is quite hard so I just simmered it for probably an hour

frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 3506 Location: Kent

I never sowed any Embarassed

That soup sounds yum, Wards Cool

Oh and I forgot to sow Borlotti beans, too Evil or Very Mad

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3364 Location: Herts

Last time I checked they were about 8" tall ... but after the rain we had last w/e ... 2" in one day !!! Shocked

think it might have grown a bit !!

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Gulp ...
I love my vegetable garden. So here is my sad ballad: I nurtured it for months, And ate it in one salad!