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My paternal grandfather used to have a big garden behind the house. He would grow watermelon, tomatos and pumpkins. As a prank on a neighbor, he bought a megahuge pumpkin and stuck it in the garden. The neighbor knew better.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 9, 2018 at 11:11 AM
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Oh! I could not bear to read this. Why did you not put it in your porch or isn't there bearly enough room. i know you are a one tomato person a bit different than down under. Just reminds me I knew a man who worked on the sewage works.I guess some of it was spread on adjacent ground. He always came home with bags of tomatoes in the summer. They looked quite juicy.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 9, 2018 at 7:12 AM
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You still have the joy of knowing you made a bear very happy with your gift of tomatoes!
Greenish ones, by the way, taste a lot like lemons and can really spark up a recipe!
posted by
Ciel
on June 9, 2018 at 6:10 AM
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Kabu
Oh, how frightening with bear paw tracks around! I would not want to attract the bears! Here, it's the same, not with bears but bunnies, birds and rats! So no tomatotes, only my herbs and spices. Your flowers are beautiful. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 8, 2018 at 10:46 PM
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Squirrels get them here, and deer at P.J.'s. The apple trees are loaded with little green apples and the deer are there every morning eating the ones they can reach before they are ready for human consumption by humans.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 8, 2018 at 8:15 PM
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I understand squirrels also love tomatoes - (I know from personal
experience they like strawberries.) All the birds seem to love berries, so unless you've got netting to cover them, you'll be lucky to get even one taste. Mama used to plant nasturtiums around her veggie garden - she said the critters don't like the scent and will stay away.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 8, 2018 at 2:47 PM
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We used to have full gardens...Joe even had an herb garden laid out... But we had lots of trouble from deer...they loved everything in the garden except the corn. And for those who say it's cheaper....NOT! especially when you count the man-hours of work! Krogers is my garden of choice.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 8, 2018 at 1:28 PM
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Well...it is easier to take your pick at the supermarket.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 8, 2018 at 1:21 PM
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