Quote:
	
	
		| 
					Originally Posted by Farael  A couple of days ago a friend told me that he thought the entwives were mentioned at the very beginning, when Sam is talking to Ted Sandyman and mentions that his cousin had seen a man, as huge as an elm, walking outside the Shire. If that was true, it could have been easily an ent-wife as I don't think hobbits would be able to tell the difference between ent and entwife. 
 Regarding the entwifes being mentioned on The Two Towers, I must have missed it.
 | 
	
 Was just thinking that. Also the ents' lack of knowledge regarding hobbits makes them more likely.
Add in the Shire is some of the remaining unspoiled "gardens"