Hmmm, when are we having the garden tasting event?
I've growing different milk weeds for the monarch butterflies, I didn't know swallow butterflies liked that.
Hi Sharon
I have not made the bronze fennel sambuca myself (yet!) A cursory google search reveals one recipe--this may be something to experiment with...
http://www.guntheranderson.com/liqueurs/sambuca.htm
I have not eaten it myself--but it is used the same way as green fennel. The foliage has a weak anise scent. Reading comments in the community forums in gardenweb.com, I see that some organic gardeners grow bronze fennel to feed the swallowtail butt…
Bronze fennel all over the garden this year; beautiful dark brown / burgundy / grayish feathery foliage with bronze cattails; I need to dig up at least one--anyone like to try this herb? Does well in sun...
locavores are people who eat food grown or produced locally; lets use this space to practice sustainability and support local economies (gardening, CSAs, farmer's markets, seed exchanges, local organic food resources)