I went to a friend’s house to look at her garden and she had nice tomatoes growing. I haven’t grown any tomatoes due to lack of sunlight on my balcony, and a newborn right at planting time. I didn’t realize what I’d been missing out of until I put out my hand to touch the plants and got a whiff of one of the most beautiful smells in the world. I adore the smell of tomato vines, and currently I can’t think of smell I enjoy more. I might plant one as a fragrance plant, even if it’s a little late and shady to actually get tomatoes. I know that ‘tomato vine’  isn’t necessarily categorized as a  pleasing smell, but its one of those smells that is richly associated with good memories for me. What smells in the garden or elsewhere are like that for you?

I saw this nursery while visiting some family in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s off the side of a highway underneath some high tension power lines. It’s strange shape is  only about 30 feet wide, but a half-mile long. I didn’t get a chance to visit, but snapped some pictures while driving by. I think that it is a great use of space that can’t be used for much else. It reminds me of research I’ve heard of that grows biofuel crops on highway right-of-ways. Location is a part of sustainable agriculture, and both example show how agriculture can fit into places that are frequently wasted.