ALTA — It’s safe to say vampires aren't a problem for Michael and Julia Scheller.

The pair of self-proclaimed “garlicologists” are the owners of Garlic Fete, their homegrown garlic business that produces upward of 12,000 bulbs, or 5,000 pounds, of garlic per year. The business name uses the French word for “party,” and it’s no wonder why.

Garlic from the Schellers’ humble 3-acre farm is four times more potent than what you can buy at the grocery store, they say. Despite the pungent odor of garlic that permeates their home, Michael said their friends aren’t bothered by it.

If people are bothered, "those aren’t our friends,” Michael muses in a conversation with Cowboy State Daily.

Michael and Julia have been in the garlic business for more than eight years and offer a wide variety of pro

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