I hope you enjoyed the warm weather we had a few days ago. Freezing weather one week and 60-70 degrees the next. You have to love Mid-Missouri weather. I would like to introduce you to both a ...

I chuckle during summer when frantic gardeners complain that caterpillars are swarming their herbs, eating everything in sight. If you want swallow tail butterflies, you need to grow the herb fennel … ...

When something goes wrong in the garden, it’s wise to ask why. When something goes unexpectedly right, the same question is in order. Take bulb fennel, also called Florence fennel. One is told that ...

Versatile fennel can make a soothing tea, an interesting licorice-flavored herb, or a crunchy, celery-like addition to main dishes. (For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our ...

You don't need to be Gordon Ramsay to savour the prospect of a healthy harvest of fennel through the year, the delicate aniseed flavour complementing all manner of dishes, from salads to fish dishes.

Herbs form the foundations of many successful kitchen gardens. Very many herbs are beautifully aromatic and superabundant. Most are very quick-growing and highly attractive to our pollinator friends, ...

When you grow fennel you will find all stages of black swallowtail caterpillars, and perhaps a chrysalis like this one. (Handout - Tribune News Service) If there was ever a trap crop for the garden, ...

Lettuce is an easy-to-grow, cool season crop that’s typically planted in spring for an early summer harvest, or in mid-summer for autumn. But while lettuce gets along with most other veggies, you may ...

Those of us who grow food plants know there are some mighty tough, resilient plants in our garden. Once established, rhubarb and asparagus are very tough, tolerating terrible winters and even hot, ...