Gardening

Fall is officially here & there's frost on the pumpkin for sure.There's going to be a Harvest Dinner tomorrow (Friday) evening down in Conrad at the First Presbyterian Church. They'll be "Pushin' the Platters" from 5 until 7 Friday afternoon/evening. Yo...

Just in time for the holidays, Shelby High School's FFA & Band are teaming up for a FANTASTIC Fall Fruit Sale! They're going full tilt by pulling out all stops & offering 40 & 20 pound bushel boxes of both naval oranges & red grapefruit. Box prices are...

You'll want to have your appetites fired up tomorrow (Sunday) for sure! There's going to be a potluck right after the 9:30 worship service over at St. Luke's Lutheran Church here in Shelby to welcome Pastor Sylvia Bull. Be sure & bring along your favorite dish. Ov...

Best to loosen up your belts this coming weekend. Diner's on the platters! The Sunburst Lutheran Church up in Sunburst will be holding their Harvest Dinner & Bazaar on Sunday afternoon from noon to 3. Down on the Fairfield Bench, St. Paul's Lutheran Church will be putting on their German Dinner & Bake Sale also from noon to 3. Don't ...

I don't know when the Cut Bank Farmers Markets will be ending for the season...our Shelby farmers market ended last Thursday..., but I DO know there's going to be one today (Wednesday) in Cut Bank. Their market will be up & running full tilt this afternoon from 3 until 6 over in Cut Bank City Park. Th...

Fall is in the air & St. William's Catholic Church down in Dutton will be holding their Annual Harvest Dinner tomorrow (Sunday.) Dinner will be on the platters from 11:30 until 2:30 Sunday at the Dutton American Legion Hall. Meanwhile, over in Choteau, the Choteau Methodist Church will be putting on their Annual Fall Community Dinner tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon from 12:30 until 3:30. Ti... Rea

The book is, "Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment," & it will blow your mind. Wenonah Hauter, one of our nation's leading public interest advocates & a veteran campaigner against electricity deregulation in the 1990's, is the author of this potboiler, & Wenonah wails that "the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment & treacher

The Triangle Squares Quilt Guild will be meeting tonight (Tuesday) at 6:30 on-the-dot over at the Shelby Senior Center. One of my all time favorite tunes is "The Autumn Leaves" by Roger Williams, & the "Square" theme this evening will be "Leaves & Trees." Sharo...

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the day for the Rocky Mountain Front Farmers Market down in Choteau. The market will be going FULL TILT tomorrow at the Visitor Information Center in Choteau from 8:30 to 1:30. Fresh vegetables, baked goods & crafts galore will be in store. Sa...

People and their phobias. While walking the other day with a friend in a newly mown field – a backyard really – a slender eastern racer snake probably two feet long crossed in front of us. My friend, born and raised in Glendive, Mont., and tough as railroad spikes, jumped about three feet in the air and let out a scream heard in the next ZIP code...

There I go again...writing clever hip headlines for my Puffman Blog. Whoa! 2 weeks to go for our Shelby Food & Craft Market... today (Thursday) AND then next Thursday for the FINAL food & craft market for the season. There'll be fresh vegetables, baked good & crafts this afternoon from 4 until 6 in City Hall Park. ALL procee...

If it's Thursday (& it is!,) it's our Shelby Food & Craft market down at Shelby City Hall Park. There'll be fresh vegetables, baked goods & crafts this afternoon from 4 until 6. The FINAL Shelby Good & Craft Market of the season is TWO weeks from today, Thursday, September 22nd, so best to take advantage of this "Home Town" opportunity while we can! ALL proceeds a... Read