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Planning Your Fall Vegetable Garden
By Lilian Hovell - Last updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Planning Your Fall Vegetable Garden Many of you are experienced spring and fall vegetable garden gardeners, already knowing what works in your area, and what doesn’t work as well. Of course, personal preference also plays a huge part—who’s going to plant vegetables they don’t like? But, on the other hand, trying something new is always [...]
Factor fennel into your vegetable garden
By Lilian Hovell - Last updated: Friday, February 11, 2011
Certain vegetables—fennel, for one—are unaccountably absent from most Canadian kitchens. Ask a German about Fenchel, or an Italian about finocchio, and they will tell you how mild and sweet it is, how crisp and refreshing eaten raw, how delicious braised or in a stew, how its anise flavour is distinct but not overpowering. Ask someone [...]