[HairOfTheDog]

They are kindof connected, although I guess he could have been buying Longbottom Leaf without us knowing that Saruman went in and trashed the place...

I think the Scouring may be portrayed sortof like Bombadil. They are not excluding that it happened... only leaving it untold. How they show any homecoming is yet to be discovered.

I haven't seen the pictures you speak of! - Can you point me to them?

[aredhres]

The Isengard storerooms,
http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/lotr/galeriefilm.asp
Its on page 6, close to the bottom. The website is in some weird language, but they have lots of pictures.
Maybe only Ted Sandyman is on in the pipe weed plot.