Saffron, Possibly Replacing Opium in Afghanistan
Judy Glattstein (Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:39:42 PDT)

Nice BBC article about saffron growing / selling in Afghanistan. And Iran.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41110151/

Judy in the Garden State where colchicum are beginning to flower and
Rhodophiala are making new roots (as I discovered when repotting today)
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