Sweet smell of success

The sweet fragrance of lavender is blending with sage in the northwestern Nevada air as growers discover its benefits as a cash crop.“I look at lavender as having a lot of potential in this area,” said Ann Louhela, who is organizing Western Nevada College’s fifth annual “Lavender, Producing Value-added Commercial Products” workshop and tour for June 19 in Yerington. The area’s harsh growing conditions are just what lavender likes: hot, dry climate and alkaline soil. The result is co