Companion planting is about growing particular crops together, so that both thrive. However, this idea also works in reverse, whereby certain pairings should be avoided, as one or both will suffer ...

Makenna Held, the author of Mostly French and a cooking teacher based in France, didn’t always like fennel. She found it overpowering and aggressively anise-forward. It wasn’t until she moved to ...

Have you ever come across a vegetable in the supermarket and wondered just what to do with it? For instance, fennel is one of those items that's often overlooked. With its bulb-like base, long stalks, ...

Here are some things to do in the garden. Herbs: If you want black swallowtail butterflies to lay eggs in your garden, plant common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel is a relative of parsley, ...