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  We've 'enjoyed' the smell on and off for about 3 weeks or so, ever since the harvest started being finished in nearby fields. Back in the early-mid 1970s they used untreated pig and cow waste on the fields for the winter ploughing and whilst we still got a smell it was not so intense or prolonged as the muck was spread and ploughed in during the cooler, wetter, winter months. Then from the mid 70s until the price of oil began spiking about 5 years ago I believe that our farmers switched to chemical fertilizers (reliant on the petro chemical industry) and we had ages with little or no special country smells. However, since the price of chemical fertilizers has risen so high because of the oil price, our farmers are returning our treated human waste to the ground and because farming practices have changed (particularly with regards to how soon after harvest farmers treat and plough the fields), we get the smell of our after products for several weeks at the end of the summer months.

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