Gardening

The Pondera County Council on Aging & the Pondera County Disaster & Emergency Services are sponsoring a program POWERED by the National Weather Service in Great Falls today (Monday.) Today's meeting will open at 12:30, at the Pondera Community Center in Conrad, & the program will focus in on SEVERE weather & how to prepare for it....

A "Rancher Round Table" will be held today (Monday) down in Valier. This afternoon's "Round Table" will be at Folklore Coffee from 1 until 5. Topics will include feeding options, replacement heifer selection & FSA programs that can help with drought. Do...

It's Thursday, & this afternoon is the FINAL Shelby Market Day of the season. The "market" will be going full tilt over in the park from 4 until 6 this afternoon, & Sage Brush Food Pantry will be on hand serving up the chicken fajitas. It's b...

BLAZING Saddles 4-H will be on hand serving up the "burgers & dogs" tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at our Shelby Market. Market hours will be from 4 until 6 over at Shelby City Park. If it's Thursday, it's Market Day in Shelby. Let's enjoy the leaves of autumn before they "leave" us for the winter......

The Shelby Market will be going FULL TILT this afternoon, Thursday, over in Shelby City Park. Our Shelby Lions Cub will be serving up tater tot & green bean casserole with rolls, strawberry cheesecake, salad & lemon bars. Today promises to be a beautiful day with Shelby afternoon temperatures in the mid 70's. A PERF...

The Conrad Farmer's Market will be going full tilt tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday. Conrad market hours will be the "usual" 4 to 7, & tomorrow will be the FINAL Conrad market of the season. Happy Labor Day weekend, & thank you for a wonderful summer. We'll ...

It's "Thirsty Thursday" today, & TONIGHTS the FINAL Liberty County Summer Fair of the season! All the FUN is from 5 to 7 o'clock this evening over at Lions Park. Chester Boy Scout Troop 1430, will be there with meatball subs, macaroni salad, dessert & water on the platter for $8. Toss m...

Tomorrow morning, Saturday, I'll be asking a NFL trivia question on Puffman's Sports Trivia. The WINNER will receive a beautiful presentation, thanks to Farcountry Press in Helena. The book is, "West to Montana," penned by Christine Wortman-Engren, & Saturday morning's WINNER receive an autographed copy of the book! On...

The North Toole County Appreciation Picnic will is set for tomorrow, Wednesday, evening up in the North Country. The picnic will be held at the fire department in Sunburst, from 5 until 7 o'clock. There'll be hot dogs (it's Weiner Wednesday after all) burgers, baked beans & chips on the platter. Ev...

It's true...the Glacier County Conservation District will be hosting a real "Farm to Table" demonstration of turning wheat into noodles this afternoon, Wednesday. It'll be like MAGIC! The demo's set for the Cut Bank Farmer's Market over in City Park, while the farm market's going full tilt from 3 to 6...

The Heart Butte Healing Celebration gets underway tomorrow, Friday, over on the reservation with tipi registration beginning at 5. The grand entries are slated for 7 o'clock. But wait! There's MORE!! A golf tournament's on tap over at the Easter Glacier golf course...

There's GOOD NEWS this morning! Shelby residents can once again water their lawns. However, the city is asking you to please water for "shorter" periods for awhile in order to avoid wasting water on sidewalks & runoff. It goes without saying that if we all conserve just a tad, it will go a long way in maintaining adequate water levels in our tanks. Th...