Gardening

They're cleaning up the town! Valier was planning on conducting a "Clean Up Week" starting today (Monday!), but it's been postponed to NEXT Monday, the 16th because of the weather. Volunteers are being asked to meet at the Valier Main Street Park NEXT Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock SHARP to do sidewalk cleaning, weeding & general maintenance. I ...

Our Shelby FFA hosted a real "Kiss a Pig" contest during April, & the WINNERS are being announced/presented today (Wednesday.) Teachers from both the high school & elementary school volunteered to be in the contest with votes being taken (1 cent per vote.)There'...

I've been anxiously waiting to hear from "Tall" Todd, the custom cutter guy who does his "magic" in our Golden Triangle every harvest season. Todd reports in Denver this week they had some 22 inches of snow with the interstate closed from Denver to Hays, Kansas...

Contributor Kosta Grammatis discovers a secret garden inside Chicago's O'Hare Airport and explores other ways vertical farming impacts restaurants and even schools.

Spring is officially here & the flowers & gardens will be a-blooming! Besides all that, National Agriculture Day will honor Agriculture this month. The theme for National Ag Day this year is "Stewards of a Healthy Plants. Tonight (Monday), our Shelby Community Garden will beholding their annual meeting.Talk ab...

166 million (with a M) Americans suffer chronic pain! I've got the answer...its Cindy Perlin's new book on chronic pain, & the book is up for grabs this afternoon (Monday) at 4:35 on Puffman Musical Trivia! Cindy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, nationally certified biofeedback practitioner & chronic pain survivor. This w...

I blogged on "Wheat rust" on a previous Puffman Blog as we continue to celebration Ag Appreciation Month here in our Golden Triangle, & I mentioned recently, that the more mature winter wheat where our friend Todd, the custom cutter is cutting this month down in Texas, has significant rust problems; thought to be stem rust instead of stripe rust, but yet, nobody seems to know for sur

I've been looking for Todd, the custom cutter guy, who comes up to our Golden Triangle every harvest season, & I'm happy to report this morning that "Tall-Todd" is down in Vernon, Texas, where the winter wheat is from 1 inch up to 12 inches HIGH! Th...

MSU Extension's popular Master Gardener Training will begin March 22nd in Cut Bank. These classes provide the foundation of gardening knowledge to help others in their gardening pursuits! The classes will be held once per week on Tuesday evenings from 6 - 8 p...

There's still time to catch the book signing & author presentation this morning (Tuesday) down at the Conrad Public Library. The book is, "Our Hutterite Life," & there will be a "Limited" number of SIGNED copies available this morning at the library. This m...

Pondera County Conservation & our local conservation district remind all of us that it's never too late to plant TREES! Pondera Conservation District is still accepting orders for TREES & shrubs being used in conservation practices. It goes without saying that shelterbelts are as important NOW as ever. If you...

The Montana State University Cooperative Extension Service has introduced  The Soil Scoop, a new 2-page series from MSU's Soil Fertility Extension program providing condensed information on assorted soil fertility topics. People needing soil fertility information want it short and simple, and quick and easy to find...