[Sca-cooks] Period gardening (was easy to grow herbs)

[Jenne Heise]

> Disclaimer: I haven't personally tried this, but gramma said it works.  Pick
> some of the inchworms off.  Whir them in the blender with some water until well,
> um, blended.  Spray on plants. 'Course she also advocated smoking a cigar and
> blowing the smoke on various insects, too.

I believe (have to check my sources) that both these methods are recommended in Hyll's
_Gardener's Labyrinth_, in which case they are among the few 16th century pest control
recommendations from that volume that would actually do anything...

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