Gardening

Hard as it is to realize it now, another harvest season will be here before we know it. Like life, it all goes by in the blink of an eye. I received word this morning that Todd, our friend, the custom harvester, has talked with producers in Texas, Oklahoma & Kansas & that things are looking pretty rough. In Tex...

They're Gary & Becky (she was an Ihnen) & they farm 32 miles east of Brady in the northwest corner of Choteau County in an area north of "The Knees." known as the Ashmoor Community. Montana Agriculture Appreciation is going on this month (March) & the Gollehons are certainly an example of today's modern Montana farmer. Gary's gre...

Montana Ag Appreciation Month is underway this month & the talk often turns to early day homesteading. Not all land was available for homesteading back in the "Early Days." however. A Congressional Measure, approved on August 18, 1894, provided Montana & other states with 1,000,000 acres to be known as "The Carey Act." That'...

National Agriculture Day will honor Agriculture this month (March) & the theme this year is: "Agriculture; 365 Sunrises & 7 Billion Mouths to Feed." Knowledge IS power & you must stay informed on how the new farm bill will affect your farming operations. Find out m...

Back in the "Old days", homesteading consisted of trying to live & maintain on 160 acres of FREE land for a 5 year period under what was known as the "Homestead Act." This was followed by a "Relief Act" which reduced the residency to only 3 years. Th...

Water...cool water...the Sons of the Pioneers sang about it years back & now there's going to be a Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water Authority meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) down in Great Falls. Tomorrow's meeting will take place at the Advanced Engineering & Environmental Services (AE2S) conference room located at 300 15th Street South, Suite #7. The Co...

GREAT news to report on my Puffman Blog today...he Infamous Christmas Cabooses will be open for viewing THIS weekend, Saturday & Sunday, out at the Munson place. These festive Christmas Cabooses will be on display tomorrow & Sunday afternoon from 2 until 7 at the Larry Munson farm. Larry'...

Farcounty Press & Seabring Davis invite us to the table with "A Taste of Montana; Favorite Recipes from Big Sky Country". That's the coffee table book that I'll be giving away tomorrow morning (Saturday) on Puffman Sports Trivia at 7:30. Se...

Peruvian health SECRETS have finally been revealed in "Peruvian Power Foods; 18 Superfoods, 101 Recipes, and Anti-aging Secrets from the Amazon to the Andes. the author of "Eating Free, Manuel Villacorta, MS, RD (along with Jamie Shaw) has returned to his birthplace & culinary roots. Vi...

I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby tonight (Tuesday) to read more "Montana History". We're more than 3 quarters way through the book "Girl from the Gulches; The Story of Mary Ronan" as told to Margaret Ronan & it gets better every week. Th...

I just received the Precipitation Report for October from the Knees area. They had a trace of precip on both the 11th & 15th of the month. October 17th came in with 0.21 while the 28th & 29th experienced 0.05 & 0.27 respectively. October 29...

It's "Organic" is what it is & the book IS "Wildly Affordable Organic; Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy, & Save the Planet-All on $5.00 a Day or Less" by Linda Watson. Linda's the founder of the popular "Cook for Good" blog & she really "stirs the pot" in this part cookbook & part shopper's guide. Linda gives he...