Category: Garden

• 3 Simple Ways to Save Money When Starting a Garden

  

  Gardening is one of those hobbies where you can spend as much or as little money as you want! There are many ways to save when it comes to planning and planting your garden. At the end of the day, all that matters is that you get to do something that you (hopefully) enjoy! Honestly,…

  Carissa Curfman

  March 21, 2023

  Garden

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• How to Blanch & Freeze Butternut Squash

  

  Butternut squash soup is one of my favorite meals. Last fall, we preserved our butternut squash by blanching and freezing in portions needed to make our favorite butternut squash soup recipe (from the Magnolia Table cookbook, first book). I would share the recipe, but it isn’t mine to share! It can be found on the…

  Carissa Curfman

  March 14, 2023

  Garden, Preservation

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• Garden Lasagna: Recipe Using Ingredients Preserved from the Garden

  

  Using garden produce year round is such an awesome thing! I’m totally bias, but I think it tastes WAAAAAAYYYYY better! I have been making spaghetti sauce for a couple of years now, but this winter I decided to try using it to make lasagna too! After quite a bit of lasagna tasting, I feel it…

  Carissa Curfman

  February 28, 2023

  Gluten Free, Preservation, Recipes

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• How to Plan Your Garden Seed Starting Schedule: Indoor Seed Starting

  

  Who doesn’t love a trip to the greenhouse?! I know that I certainly do! While I really like to look at and check out all the different varieties of plants that can be grown in this area, I must say that growing plants from seeds is very rewarding! I know that I link to this…

  Carissa Curfman

  February 21, 2023

  Garden

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• Cut Flower Garden Seed Starting Schedule

  

  My cut flower seeds recently arrived and will be starting to go into the dirt very soon! I am going to plant based off of an estimated “frost free” date of May 15th. I did a quick google search of my growing zone to determine this date. Living in Minnesota, this could easily be anywhere…

  Carissa Curfman

  January 24, 2023

  cut flower garden, DIY, Garden

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