Posted in Fennel, The plot, Vegetables, tagged fennel vegetables on 4 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
This rather daft, dreamy photo shows two small bulbs of fennel that seem to have planted themselves and avoided the fate of their parents, who went to seed some time ago: it’s thriving in the unexpectedly warm autumn weather.
The sunshine made the most of this autumnal scene at the allotment site.
Posted in Artichokes, Fennel, Flowers, Harvesting, Vegetables on 3 September 2007 | No Comments »
The fennel has bolted, before forming bulbs. (We ate some anyway.) There are also a few other veggie flowers at the plot. A radish, left to go to seed.
Very late (perhaps too late) borlotti beans - not enough sun for these, I think.
The artichokes are nicely established, though haven’t produced any flower heads in their [...]
Posted in Artichokes, Courgettes, Fennel, Flowers, Harvesting, Rhubarb on 24 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
Courgette:
(Defender)
And fennel:
(Planted out yesterday)
We haven’t had any luck with flowers grown from seed - an entire packet of poppy seeds failed to produce a single plant and the fate of the sunflowers, munched by slugs or some other hungry pest, has already been documented. So, the appearance of these beneath one of the cherry trees [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Fennel, Vegetables on 12 May 2007 | No Comments »
On Wednesday morning, three tiny loops of fennel were beginning to sprout from the seed tray. I took the above picture on Thursday, when more had appeared and the first lot were no longer loops but standing up straight.
And here they were this morning.
The tray of fennel on Thursday and today, left to right.
Not [...]
Posted in Courgettes, Fennel, Rhubarb, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 5 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week (Tuesday, I think) J planted fennel seeds - Wadenroman, yet another Italian bargain from Gubbio market last summer - in the seed tray at the front on the right. They’ve joined the courgettes, butternut squash and the few little artichokes that weren’t ready to go into the plot. We are complete novices [...]
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