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<DIV><FONT size=4>Your garden arrangements sound wonderful!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I promised myself that I would read up on medieval gardening
this past winter but didn't so that is still in the works. But I am enlarging my
garden space this year so that next year I will truly have the space for a whole
bunch of cool herbs and plants!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Phillipa</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mooncat@in-tch.com href="mailto:mooncat@in-tch.com">Sue Clemenger</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sca-cooks@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:sca-cooks@ansteorra.org">Cooks within the SCA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Sca-cooks]2 - medieval herb
garden</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'd love to have a medievally-themed/planned garden, but a) I
don't have<BR>the space and b) I rent.<BR>However...I am growing herbs (in
pots on my porch) that will be used for<BR>a french herbal blend that is 16th
c, IIRC. On the porch I've got sage,<BR>marjoram, oregano, basil (not
enough, of course!),thyme & winter savory<BR>for the blend, and also 2
kinds of mint (peppermint and spearmint) and<BR>lemon balm [for tea and
sekanjabin], tarragon, and a big pot of lavender<BR>(munstead). Hanging
where the cats can't get it is a huge planter of<BR>catnip. In four
half-barrels lining one side of the walk to my door<BR>I've got lots and lots
of calendula seedlings (for the flowers)--some of<BR>which will go into the
herb blend, and some of which will be used in a<BR>natural dye project.<BR>The
only non-period thing in my pots are the tomatoes that sit in their<BR>"cages"
in the center of each of the calendula barrels (a friend's<BR>suggestion,
since the plants like each other). I actually have blossoms<BR>on some
of the tomato plants! Woo-hoo!<BR>My favorite time of day has become the early
morning (pre-dawn, but<BR>light) when I water everybody (a frequent thing in
our dry climate). <BR>The smell that comes from the herbs is just
amazing.<BR>I have enough basil to make some pesto, so that's what I'm going
to have<BR>for dinner tomorrow--fresh pasta and pesto.mmmmmm.......and maybe
a<BR>salad with some of my herbs....double mmmmmm!<BR>If I ever have an actual
yard of my very own, I will be doing raised<BR>beds of veggies, flowers, and
herbs, with some sort of paved paths (who<BR>the heck needs a lawn??
<g>). And maybe a low "hedge" of lavender (box<BR>won't grow in
our climate). I had the great pleasure of stopping in<BR>Shrewsbury last
fall to see the "Cadfael garden," and I *want* one! I<BR>took pictures, of
course, and got a little pamphlet showing the layout<BR>and the plants and all
that....<BR>Now, if I won the lottery, I'd buy a big chunk of property, and do
knot<BR>gardens. And fruit trees. *And* the raised beds. Maybe one
of those<BR>enclosed little pleasure gardens, and plant the ground with
corsican<BR>mint, or some sort of camomile....<BR>*sigh*<BR>I think I'll go
out and pet the thyme.....<BR>--maire, on a hot summer evening....<BR><BR>>
Heleen Greenwald wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <<food
content>>><BR>> Not to change the subject or anything but, I just
cut the most<BR>> beautiful and fragrant dill from my garden and froze most
of if for<BR>> chicken soup in the fall. And my Pineapple sage smells
heavenly!!<BR>> <BR>> Also....does anyone on this list have a medieval
themed garden or herb<BR>> garden at their home? I don't as yet, but
I am reading a book called<BR>> _The Medieval Garden_ and am in the process
of planning one......<BR>> <BR>> I am so enjoying cutting fresh herbs
for cooking.<BR>> <BR>> Phillipa<BR>>
<BR>> ----- Original Message
-----<BR>> From: Phil Troy / G. Tacitus
Adamantius<BR>> To: Cooks within the
SCA<BR>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:25
PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks]
Ahhh...<BR>> <BR>> On Thursday, June 26,
2003, at 09:54 AM, <A
href="mailto:sjk3@cornell.edu">sjk3@cornell.edu</A><BR>>
wrote:<BR>> <BR>> >> Mine arrived
yesterday. I'm holding off until I can
sit<BR>> down
with<BR>> >> both
of<BR>> >> them (and the son has the
dumbed down American version).<BR>>
><BR>> >
I'd be interested to hear the differences between
the<BR>>
versions.<BR>> >
Is<BR>> > the "dumbing-down" just a matter
of vocabulary (a pain,<BR>> and a waste
of<BR>> > the publisher's time as far as
I'm concerned, but bearable<BR>> if
your<BR>> >
budget<BR>> > won't support two editions),
or is there more?<BR>> <BR>> Just out of
curiosity, why would a shift in slang<BR>>
terminology (unless<BR>> I'm vastly mistaken
as to the extent of it) be such a<BR>>
terrible thing? I<BR>> don't even think the
differences are all that great; it's<BR>>
just enough<BR>> to get American kids, whose
school organization is rather<BR>>
different<BR>> from that of their
counterparts in the UK, but who,
frankly,<BR>> supply
a<BR>> goodly chunk of Rowling's bucks, can
understand the books a<BR>> bit
better.<BR>> Is the popular slang terminology
of the teenagers of the UK<BR>> any
more<BR>> sensible, erudite or descriptive
than that of the USA? I<BR>> very
much<BR>> doubt it. And Rowling is by far not
the first author to<BR>> experience
this<BR>> and deal with it.<BR>>
<BR>> To be honest, I think most of the
objections to a<BR>> "translated"
version<BR>> are the result of snooty
exclusivity. I wouldn't think this<BR>>
about<BR>> Shakespeare, but for this
material, I really don't see any<BR>>
harm.<BR>> <BR>> Adamantius, who hates the
fact that his kid's school has<BR>> found
it<BR>> necessary to divide the grades into
"houses" just in the<BR>> past couple
of<BR>> years<BR>>
<BR>>
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