Food Gardening Network

Growing Good Food at Home

Fennel: How to Grow this Herb and Spice in Your Garden

Please check out the brief video above, to learn what this premium gardening guide is all about—the video will give you a glimpse into all the content in this gardening guide, including history and background, planting tips, specific plant profiles, recipes, nutrition and health information, and resources to help you be the best food gardener you can be.

Fennel is one of the most misunderstood foods you can plant in your garden. So many people, including lots of skilled food gardeners, just don’t know how to grow it or how to cook with it—so they skip fennel altogether. And that’s a…  READ MORE right arrow
Norann Oleson, Editorial Director of Food Gardening Network
  Perhaps we should start with “what is fennel?” for anyone who might not know how versatile this plant is! Fennel is part of the carrot family, so it’s a vegetable… but it’s not a root vegetable, because the bulbs—the vegetable part—grow above ground. The stalks,…  READ MORE right arrow
Fennel bulbs on cutting board

Features

Fennel seeds
There are two main methods for growing your fennel. Plants may be divided, but this isn’t as easy as it is with other garden plants and often proves unsatisfactory—because fennel has a long tap root that doesn’t like to be divided or moved.   READ MORE right arrow

Additional Articles

Related Articles

Enter Your Log In Credentials

This setting should only be used on your home or work computer.

Need Assistance?

Call Food Gardening Network Customer Service at
(800) 777-2658

Food Gardening Network is an active member of the following industry associations: