Hi, It's been nearly 30 years since I took organic chemistry and physical chemistry in college so I don't remember a lot, but I do seem to recall that some compounds that have a fishy odor are not really nice compounds. I think most of them are amines, and some of them are very bad stuff. If I had a garden in a spot that smelled that way, I would want to ascertain the reason for the smell before I ate anything growing there. For the smell to be as pronounced as you are describing, there would have to be a good bit of whatever it is present. It could be that somebody dumped some containers of nasties there to dispose of them. Also, this question: Any chance there are animals were buried in that spot? Elise ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 21 May 2006 01:24:24 PM CDT From: "jim" <jim@mail.wildpepper.com> To: Cameron Begg <PheasantPlucker@columbus.rr.com>, jim@wildpepper.com, chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] That Fishy Smell > Well now... triethylamine. An amine. That puts it back to nitrogen again. > > I guess I need to smell some more dead fish :-) > > That would seem to be your answer Matt. > > -Jim C > Mild to Wild(R) > http://www.StepUpForCharity.org > >