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By: Bronze Fennel « In the toad’s garden

Bronze Fennel « In the toad’s garden — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:51:55 +0000

[...] Bronze fennel is easy to cultivate, it is perennial and hardy. I guess most people just enjoy the beautiful view of this plant, but I also enjoy the delicious taste. At the same time I thin out the number of shoots, to get a more pretty plant the following summer. I use it either raw or lightly steamed/fried, just as bulb fennel is used in the kitchen. Last year I made scallops with kaleflowers and bronze fennel [...]

By: Meg Wolff

Meg Wolff — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:20:35 +0000

This meal looks wonderful!!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:42:52 +0000

I love Red Russian kale – so beautiful and decorative as well as good to eat. A friend of mine grows lots of different kales to sell as seedlings and I so I now have 3 different ones growing. So far they haven’t crossed as far as I can notice as they are all coming up for the second year, looking true to type so far.I have masses of seed if you are prepared to take a chance on it having a few crosses.

By: skrubtudsen

skrubtudsen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:59:25 +0000

Hi Kelly.
I guess if you ask Andrew he might be able to let you try other exiting kales in the rutabaga family.
Take a look at: http://www.seedambassadors.org/Mainpages/still/napuskale/napuskale.htm

By: Kelly (fhf)

Kelly (fhf) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:51:11 +0000

Thanks for the tip Patrick. We are not growing rutabagas, but we are giving kale a try. We’ll have to order some Red Russian for our late plating. Thanks again.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:14:28 +0000

Kelly: Red Russian Kale is available from the Andrew Still in Oregon via the SSE. It’s a pretty rare plant, and seed saving is easy because it’s related to rutabagas. Unless you are growing rutabagas too, it probably won’t cross with anything in your garden.

By: Kelly (fhf)

Kelly (fhf) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:05:00 +0000

That looks delicious. I like that you also made your own applecider vinegar. We have a ton of apples around here, we’ll have to give vinegar production a try.