Category: Garden

• Preserving Beets: Boil & Freeze Method

  

  I absolutely love Detroit Red Beets! They are the only beet that I grow. I directly sow them into the ground and pick them when they get to be about the size of a golf ball. They are ready to be picked at different times throughout the season, but you can feel around the top…

  Carissa Curfman

  August 11, 2022

  Garden, Preservation

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• Easy Hydroponic Gardening

  

  A couple of years ago, my in-laws gifted me a hydroponic garden for Christmas. This led to the inside joke of growing “basement lettuce.” We keep this in the basement due to the bright lights! In all seriousness though, hydroponic gardening is becoming more and more popular! I have a six-pod set up, meaning I…

  Carissa Curfman

  August 4, 2022

  Garden

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• How to Blanch and Freeze Broccoli

  

  I am absolutely loving being able to pick fresh produce from the garden! It always amazes me how much better things taste when they come directly from the garden. WAAAAYYYY better than from a grocery store. Granted… I’m very bias haha! :). So, recently my broccoli has started to be ready to pick! Like most…

  Carissa Curfman

  July 26, 2022

  Garden, Preservation

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• Hostas

  

  Hostas are one of my all-time favorite perennial landscape plants! They are easy to grow, they look awesome, there are a ton of different varieties, and they are one of the easiest plants to propagate! To split a Hosta, you literally dig it up, then take a shovel and chop it in half or a…

  Carissa Curfman

  July 22, 2022

  Garden, Plant Feature Friday

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• Zucchini Bread

  

  It’s zucchini season! One of my all time favorite recipes to use my zucchini for is to make zucchini bread! I got this recipe from my aunt and trust me… you will want to keep this one handy for when your zucchini is ready! I also shred any extra zucchini and freeze it (be sure…

  Carissa Curfman

  July 19, 2022

  Garden, Recipes

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