"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu 27 Jan 2005 07:25:33a, Leila wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Long Island (NY), they add a dead fish to the hole. A Genoese bus
>> driver on the way to Fire Island told me his neighbor taught him to do
>> this. Direct line from the native Americans, I'm sure.
>>
>> Leila
>
> My dad always grew a variety of tomatoes in his garden. For a few years
> he
> used "fish fertilizer" to fertilize them. I always thought the tomatoes
> had
> a "fishy" taste. Not kidding. They tasted terrible.
>
> Wayne

I agree with you, Wayne. And it only stands to reason, people who eat fish
smell fishy. Why wouldn't our friends, the plants, do the same.
Dee