Gardening

Just ask one of our Montana farmers! Today (Tuesday) is National Ag Day. Did you know the average farmer produces enough food to feed 165 people? Agriculture is the foundation of our country, the backbone of a healthy & prosperous nation made possible by the hard work of our Montana farms & farm families. I invi...

You can enjoy a real Italian dinner this Sunday, over at St. Willian Parish Hall from 11:30, to 1. Spaghetti with ALL the works will be on the platters, & there'll be a silent auction too! Hope to see you for Italian Sunday at St. William. It...

The Marias Fair Board will hold a public comment session this Tuesday night, the 21st. The fair board meeting's at 6:30, over at the Shelby High School Auditorium, & moving the dates of our fair next year in 2024, is on the potential agenda of Tuesday evening's meeting. Ou...

Roberta Beute will be presenting her FIRST non-fiction history book, "As It Was Then: A Common Thread," NEXT Sunday afternoon, the 25th,over at St. Luke's Lutheran Church Parish Hall. The book's beautiful cover is all thanks to our local historian & photographer Dean Hellinger, & it's filled to be the brim of local history on Toole, Glacier, Pondera, & Liberty Counties. Rober

Actually, the cook stove! Her name's Beatrice, Beatrice Katsaros, & her book's, "Our Little Cook Stove-Beatrice Remembers." Beatrice was was born back in 1905. This unique presentation beautifully illustrated by Carol Shenk, from Sweetgrassbooks, an imprint of Farcountry Press, is up for grabs Saturday (tomorrow) morning on Puff Man Sports Trivia. Th...

United Methodist Church, here in Shelby, will have the Lenten Luncheon at noon today along with a 10 minute devotional. Conrad's Lenten Luncheon will be hosted by the First Presbyterian Church of Conrad, from noon until 12:50. The money raised from these luncheons goes to the churches missions...

The 31st Annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Golden Triangle Chapter Banquet's been set for NEXT Saturday night, the 25th. The doors will open at 5, at the Joe Meagher Memorial Civic Center, & dinner's at 7, for an delightful evening of fun & games along with a LIVE AUCTION! You sh...

MSU Extension Reimagining Rural Inspiration Hour will be available on WebEx next Wednesday, the 15th. Visit "Re-branding Your Town-How to start & why on "Wednesday morning from 11:30, until 12:45,  by visiting the MSU Extension Community Development website under the Reimagining Rural tab

Pondera County FSA has scheduled a public meeting for this Friday, at the Conrad Moose Lodge. Meeting time's 1 o'clock SHARP at the Moose. Don't worry about a thing, if you have any questions, you can contact Lacy Orcutt at 278 7611.

Not me, they're Karelian Bear Dogs! The  Rocky Mountain Front Ranchlands Group will host a guardian dog workshop tomorrow (Wed) over in Browning. Tomorrow's workshop will run from noon, to 2, at the Four Winds Assembly of God Church. Steve & Billie Skelton, with Blackleaf Guardians, will be there with a cool presentation on Karelian Bear Dogs. For mor...

The annual St. Pat's Dinner's on the way to Valier, & it's NEXT weekend, Sunday, the 12th. You're invited to come on down to St. Francis Church from 11:30, to 2, & enjoy the luck of the Irish with corn beef & cabbage, roast beef, turkey & all the trimmings with some wonderful homemade desserts. $10, for adult...

Tomorrow, Saturday morning, on Puff Man Sports Trivia, I'll be giving away a beautiful Yellowstone calendar from Farcountry Press, & the 1st caller in with the correct answer to my sports trivia question, will WIN this spectacular "keepsake" Yellowstone calendar. Th...