growing dill and caraway

Has anyone grown these successfully? The dill leaves were nice while they lasted, I added them to my sandwiches. But the seeds don't taste very good. I harvested most of them when they were ready (black) and dry. Maybe, in the case of caraway, the tiny threads attached to them don't help, though I can't see how to get those off.
Is it me, the year, or the (South) English climate?
I have successfully grown coriander: the seeds smell lovely when ground, as opposed to those other two.