Well you knew that we had to finish all that food sooner or later. I had a class scheduled for Thursday night so leftovers were originally the plan. As it turns out my class was rescheduled but we decided to go with leftovers anyway.
Annette had the chicken stew (which she insists on referring to as "soup") and my stepson had a lasagna roll-up. I was a mass of indecision so I had a little of both. Every so often it's nice to have good food without all the prep and cooking. Not always though. More often preparing a meal is relaxing and fun, and so rewarding!
While I don't have a recipe to share with you today, I will remind you that, if you are in the northern USA, this is a good weekend to plant garlic. If you haven't done this before take a quick look at my post on growing garlic. Even if you don't have a area prepared you can get some in the ground quickly.
If you don't have well-conditioned, well-drained soil (and few do), buy a few bags of growing soil and dump it in a pile in your garden. Peel some cloves of garlic (use the largest cloves you have) and push them into the soil so the tops (the pointy ends) are about 1" below the surface. Now toss some light weight mulch on top of the soil. About an inch or two of grass clippings, straw, or what ever you have.
That's it. You will start to see growth in early spring and be able to harvest late spring to early summer. It's not going to be the largest crop but what to you want for emptying a few bags of dirt on the ground! The one thing to remember is that garlic doesn't compete well with weeds. Clear all weed growth early and often.
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