Bronze Fennel Seeds

I noticed our bronze fennel has gone to seed, so I decided to harvest most of those seeds.

I snipped off the base of the dead stems with seed heads and gathered them all together in a paper grocery bag. Short on time, I stowed the bag in the garage to later shake/pull/pick/pinch off all the wonderful fennel seeds.

Below, the base of the fennel. Aren't the leaves gorgeous? And this is definitely not even its prime viewing time.

I made sure to leave some seeds for the birds!