It's the Great Garlic, Charlie Brown

Halloween seems as good a day as any to plant garlic, wouldn't you say?

This morning Millie and I were up early and out at the garden, digging and measuring and patting plump cloves of Czech and Russian garlic into the cool soil. If I counted right and all of it makes, I should have 35 bulbs of garlic to put up next summer. That's alot of garlic bread. That's alot of Chump Chicken.


Since it's completely organic, too, I might rush some of it to the farmer's market when the time comes. It's so rewarding to pass along locally grown, organic produce. We'll see.

In the meantime, I suppose it's time to hang up my tools for winter. I'm off to Home Depot today to get some tool-cleaning oil and some straw. Then it's back home for - what else? - a skillet of Chump Chicken with Roasted Fall Vegetables and henrybella's Chocolate Fudge Bread Pudding for dessert. (There may also be a screening of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in there somewhere, too.)

Wishing you a weekend that's cozy... and not one bit creepy. -Brin