fennel

Note to Self...


Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
EVER
plant fennel again!

Not matter what!
yes its a nice plant - a useful plant - a pretty plant...

its also a bloody almost indestructible WEED

I planted a single bronze fennel seedling about 4 years ago - I've now got countless little (and large) bronze fennel plants EVERYWHERE in one of my large borders - it out-competes everything - including kikuyu - it seeds everywhere and resists all organic means to eradicate it - we've tried to snip it off, dig it out, mulch it under a layer of thick paper and wood chip...

no luck

I'm convinced this herb could survive a nuclear blast....