SC - Re: Poor neighbors to hops

[ChannonM at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/3/00 3:14:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:

<< Grass, thistle, and mustard-seed, hemlock and bur,
 > tine, mallow, and nettle, that keep such a stur;
 > With peacock and turkey, that nibble off top,
 > are very ill neighbors, to seely poor hop. >>

I believe this means that peacocks and turkeys don't work well in a garden  
with hops, they will eat the tops off.

Hauviette