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The scrap food in it. Will destroy the tumbler to get to it. Rotting food smells good to a bear. See it all the time
 
Eric Rorabaugh said:
The scrap food in it. Will destroy the tumbler to get to it. Rotting food smells good to a bear. See it all the time
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Gotcha! I wasn’t thinking about food scraps in the compost. Wouldn’t bears be attracted to food scraps if the compost was on the ground? Not sure the tumbler would make that much of a difference. Chuck
 
Nature Man said:
Gotcha! I wasn’t thinking about food scraps in the compost. Wouldn’t bears be attracted to food scraps if the compost was on the ground? Not sure the tumbler would make that much of a difference. Chuck
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Yes, they would be attracted to it on the ground. They would likely mix the pile rooting around as well. Game cameras pointed at compost piles yield great pictures. Food makes up the majority of our compost. Winter months the compost materials are fed to the wood stove. Just another way to recycle.
 
Wildthings said:
That many, wouldn't even make it to the basket much less the kitchen
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Yeah, we plant a bush or two in planters on the deck (so the deer can't destroy them). This year the cherry tomato bush got big but doesn't have as many tomatos as in the past, and they're ripening all at different times - so we get a couple, then wait a couple days, get a couple more. Mostly we do exactly as you said.
 
Back to garlic again. I did a search and I can't believe I've been contemplating planting garlic for 3 years. I looked on Filaree Farms site and I couldn't find any of these varieties that were suggested: Spanish Rojo, Amerian (sp?), Carpathian or Chesnik. Maybe they were listed under other names or I missed them.

Any other sellers you all like? I looked on Gurneys and all they had was Music that I was considering.

How many plants could be grown in my barrel raised bed? I was thinking one or two heads only, but maybe more? Do they need to be physically separated?
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Filaree has 'Chesnok Red' and 'Armenian' in stock, they are sold out of 'Carpathian' and 'Spanish Roja'

I have planted both in a double row configuration with rows about 6 inches apart and about the same in row spacing and in a solid grid pattern.

The garlic heads need to be separated and individual cloves planted.
 
Baker Creek has a lot of varieties, but looks like they are all out of stock right now just like everybody else probably. I've bought seeds from them for a number of years, but not garlic.

Territorial seed has a number of varieties. And you might try Keene Garlic or Garlic Gods.
 
If you Google the individual garlic variety name, many more companies show up that have good stock left. I think that was how I found Filaree, just a Google search.
 
Picked my first Zuchetta yesterday.
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Only one so far. Hope the plant survives. I went and sprayed the squash yesterday too. Didn't see a single beetle on them. There were egg clusters so I sprayed them too. Don't know if the spray will kill them too.

Tame blackberries aren't doing very well. Didn't get to them this Spring. Over run with weeds and too thick. Can I trim back first year vines now?
 
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