fennel

Add fennel and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until slightly tender.

Weeknight fare abounds, too, with options like spaghetti with a tomato, chili and fennel sauce, as well as herbed salmon parcels.

I pass through fragrant California sagebrush and wild fennel in one spot, a blend of sweet pea, lilac and kicked-up dirt in another.

If you are slicing fennel for salad, save the stem and put it in your salad too, or save it for stock or broth.

Some common aromatic herbs have the limited ability to drive off mosquitoes, such as rosemary, garlic, basil, thyme and fennel.