[Sca-cooks] Re: easy to grow herbs

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/8/01 9:54:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jenne at mail.browser.net writes:

<< Hyssop,>>

Hyssop appears in a large number of period European and English recipes. To
l;ist them would take  more time than I have at the moment. A quick glance at
Cariadoc's collection will give you enough recipes using hyssop to last you
many months.

<< lamb's ears, lemon balm,...gilliflower,...marshmallow>>

Suggestions for the use of these herbs appear in Stefan's Flori-thingy.

<< , lovage,>>

This herb appears in Apicius.

 << , nigella (love in a mist), . >>

One that comes to mind is the Byzantine Murri recipe.

Regarding growing in small spaces. I think the gist of my original message
was for those with a side yard or a few square feet of space. 6 feet tall
does not necessarily mean 6 feet around. :-) With judicious pruning, even
large plants can be kept  well within bounds. I personally have a 5 yr. old
beech tree growing in a 4 inch pot and it is less than 18 inches tall. :-)

IIRC, Stefan had somehow changed the subject to growing things in pots. While
container gardening was wisespread throughout the middle ages, we have no
indication (in fact, the opposite) that  container gardening was done in
anything other than very large  containers.

Ras