[Sca-cooks] container gardening

[Stefan li Rous]

  Elewyiss commented:
> Over the last winter I have begun plans for a period bulb garden. With
> some herbs thrown in of course. And now container! Yay! But I was
> ondering, I know there is an herb guild, but is there a garden group?
I'm not up on what the current Known World guilds are, but there are 
various files in the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section in the 
Florilegium that might be of interest to you.

I also picked up this book recently, but haven't had a chance to read 
it (par for the course):
The Tulip
Pavord, Anna
ISBN: 1-58234-130-3
Bloomsbury USA

"In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs 
fetched a staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's 
money. Tulipomania had reached its height, and its story is told in 
just one of the fascinating sections of Anna Pavord's wonderful book on 
this most seductive of flowers."

The history mentioned in the book does go back to the middle of the 
16th century.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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