Photo by Kerry Michaels

Halloween is my husband's favorite holiday:

"No cards to write, no presents to buy and your mother doesn't call you and ask 'Are you coming home for Halloween?'"

As if to substitute other holiday chores for these holiday chores, every Halloween he decorates the garage in a more elaborate fashion (this year he bought fake mice.) And we invite the neighborhood to make our house their last stop.

There is cider (and rum) for the grown-ups and donut holes for the kids. We just hang out until the last of the trick-or-treaters has come and gone.

This year, I have something to add to the garage decorations.

Kerry Michaels over at about.com's Container Gardening blog, has a great inspiration for a great pumpkin (tip of the hat to Linus) planter!

I like Kerry because her ideas are so do-able. This time, she planted a pumpkin with -- hair! using sage, stonecrop and heuchera to create the look.

Too cool.