HORTICULTURE

Here ya go Cleve...and I'll try to keep it short! :D Caraway is native to most Asian & European regions being dated back as far as 5,000 BC and found as ealry as 3500 BC in food remains, though thoughts are that it wasn't actually cultivated for culinary use until the early Roman times in a bread called Chara made with milk and the tuber root. The seeds were thought to come into use in the early Middle Ages, where sweet but tangy flavor would have been distinctive in heavy cheeses and meats (not to mention helping to cover up the smell of old and rotting meat - could you imagine!). It was also used in breads and with fruit. Medicinally it is known primarily as a b…

Medieval Garden Intrigues British Archaeologists Hillary Mayell for National Geographic News February 10, 2003 The buried remains of a 700-year-old garden at Whittington Castle in Shropshire, England, could substantially change historian's understanding of medieval gardens. The 14th-century garden had one of the earliest and largest viewing mounts ever found in England, an unusual layout, and an elaborate ditched water system. Viewing mounts were built to provide elevated views of a castle's garden, grounds, and surrounding landscape and symbolized the owner's wealth and high status. The Whittington Castle mount, a 16-foot (5-meter) man-made mound, puzzled ar…