Gardening in Our Area

Variety abounds in the garden! Enjoy the different scents, flavors and textures

By LaVERLE McCANDLESS

Contributor

“How miraculous that growing on my own little plot of land are plants that can turn the dead soil into hundred flavors as different as horseradish and thyme, smelling ranging from stinkhorn to lavender.” John Seymour, English Naturalist.

What a wonderful quote! Then I got to thinking, ‘Just what is a stinkhorn to be in the quote opposite of lavender which is one of the most soothing aromas around.” You can bet your last dollar, I did some checking. The name “stink horn” comes from...

 

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