There are zillions of smells in a garden and few of them are shy. Steer manure, potting soil, cocoa mulch, the dog shit you just stepped in. Alaska fish fertilizer, especially if the bottle was sitting in the sun before you opened it. Herbs, which I'll write about next week. Bone meal, if you're a dog anyway. The mint that you thought you'd ripped out. The compost heap. Water. Earth. Mud. The weeds and grass you yanked out an hour ago. After a morning in the garden my nose has to take the rest of the day off in a darkened room with a cool towel over it. I look funny without it, but what can you do?
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