Hehehe, love that hair doo, Carol! I always wanted green hair when I was a kid; parents had me eating green sherbet/ice cream to convince me it would go green. (I must've eaten too much vanilla cus now I'm blond.)
Ditto on the fennel growing. I've planted it right in the garden with other crops and it did just fine; the other crops were not affected by their neighbor either. It took a while to bulb up so patience (and water) is a virtue.
Shoe (fennel lover)