May 12, 2004 — Ok, first things first: this is not a 100% accurate 18th century garden. It is a garden made more or less in the 18th century fashion. I’m not sticking strictly to period plant varieties. For instance, the roses along the back fence are “New Dawn“, a climbing variety that I like very much. The apple trees are “Sops of Wine” (which dates from the 13th or 14th century) and “Stayman Winesap” (which dates to the 19th century), and the grape varieties are modern red seedless grapes, because that’s what I want to eat. The garden does, however, combine herbs and flowers, rather than segregating them…