I Will Find A Place For This Link

My darlin' wife, who, for the purposes of this blog has been playfully tagged as "lady espresso," sent this link to me. The first thing that I found absolutely stunning was that somehow she had found a website called Clean Home Journal! Don't know about you, but this ought to be a splendid aroma!!

Imagine waking up every morning to a fresh whiff of chocolate in your garden! Believe it or not, there are plants that actually smell just like chocolate. And because their scent becomes heat activated at different times, you can enjoy a fresh chocolate scent morning to late afternoon—if you plant accordingly. To enhance the experience, add some plants with leaves that look as velvety as chocolate, plus others with scents that complement the aroma of chocolate.

Following the lnks, I discovered Marie Lincoln and Bill Schlicht, owners of Chocolate Flower Farm in Langley, Wash., the proprietors of which have combined their passions for chocolate and gardening! This is such a great idea! As reported in the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magagine

I wandered the art and antique shops of Langley, quaint buildings painted in sea green, brick red and mustard yellow. In front of one store, a garden planter boasted a metal art sign stating words: “Live, laugh, love, eat chocolate.” The planter also contained a flurry of chocolate-colored flowers and I wondered if I had arrived at a candy store. The luscious scent of chocolate drifted toward me when I stepped inside.
But this wasn’t a candy store. Instead, I had stumbled across a garden store devoted to chocolate. The intoxicating fragrance came from a chocolate-scented candle. The store offered other specialties, such as chocolate teas, chocolate soaps and cocoa mulch made from the cocoa bean.

With the Chocolate Flower Farm closing for the winter, gardeners can still indulge their temptation by visiting the “Garden Shed” gift shop on First Street.

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