by Karen Hertzberg on Dec 13, 2007
Grow lights and secret
basement greenhouse not included
There are many kinds of Pipe-weeds within Middle-earth, but only those
determined enough can grow the best. This week Anna Morvelaira Dotson
brings us a guide to help those aspiring Pipe-weed farmers make their
way from a simple farmer, to a Pipe-weed connoisseur.
As the Great Mad Baggins once wrote, In fact, it has
been remarked by
some that a Hobbits only real passion is for food. A rather unfair
observation, as we have also developed a keen interest in the brewing
of ales, and the smoking of pipe-weed. It is that keen interest in
pipe-weed that I am here to speak to you about today! And I can assure
you, my gentle readers, that this habit is not one only enjoyed by
Hobbits, but has spread amongst the other Free Peoples. (Reports of
Creeps also enjoying this pastime have so far, safely, gone unconfirmed
by this researcher.)