Gardening

That old tune was running through my mind this morning as I looked over the September Precipitation Report I received from Co-operative observer Gary Gollehon in the Knees area. If anybody knows ANYTHING about cooperation, it's Gollehon...it's his middle name...

Shelby man recaptures state giant pumpkin record GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A northern Montana man has recaptured the state's giant pumpkin record with a 1,168-pound gourd he raised in his grandfather's garden in Shelby. Kyle Koschmeder used a backhoe to lift it into the back of a pickup truck to haul it to Ronan for the Big Sky Giant Pumpkin Growers Association weigh-in last Saturday...

Shelby Adult Education Program Great Falls' "Baker Bob" McNamee is one of the instructors scheduled to teach adult Education classes in October at the Shelby High School campus. Below is the full list of classes being offered. To sign up, contact the Toole County Extension office by 5pm Monday, Sept ...

AND...it's NOT over for some Farmers Market action out here under our Big Sky! Get ready Cut Bank!! The Cut Bank Farmers Market will be running full tilt this Wednesday afternoon in City Park over in Cut Bank. This Wednesday afternoon's Cut Bank Farmers Market will be running from 4 until 7 o'clock...

The frost isn't on the pumpkin yet...summer's still here & there's a farmers market coming up later today (Wednesday) over in Cut Bank. The Cut Bank Farmers Market's been a huge hit this summer & this afternoon should prove no exception. The Cu...

Snooze & you lose...but if you missed the Farmers Market this morning (Thursday) up in Sunburst, we have our Shelby Farmers Market this afternoon in City Park from 4 o'clock until 6, & coming up on Saturday down in Choteau, home of Jim Anderson at Grizzly Sports & Grizzly Auto, the Choteau Farmers Market will be in full swing this Saturday morning from 8 until  high noon at the Choteau

The following information is from Wendy Wedum, Pondera Co. Agent for the MSU Extension Service:   Canning is an important, safe method of food preservation if practiced properly. There are two safe ways to can, depending on the type of food being canned ...

It's the "Dog-Daze" of summer & there's a ton of fun going on under our Big Sky! This afternoon (Wednesday) marks the FINAL Summer Market Festival for the summer season down at the Conrad Swimming Pool Park. The family friendly FUN kicks off at 5 this this afternoon in Conrad. Up...

The Montana farm real estate values & cash rents have been released & are in! The average value of farm real estate here under the Big Sky increased $30 from last year to $790 per acre according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Montana Field Office. In 201...

A "Custom Welcome" to Montana for the custom cutters. Custom cutter "Tall" Todd & his crew were in the process of moving north (they should be in the Conrad area today) from Forsyth on Friday when he "roaded" 3 machines instead of hauling them in order to save a couple of hundred miles of going with a wide load. Pu...

I received a precipitation report from the Knees area this morning for the month of July that I'd like to share with you on my Puffman Blog. By the way, ALL data was recorded at six in the morning. July 1st had only a trace, as did July 13th, 18th, the 23rd, & the 25th. 0....

Yesterday, Wednesday, on one of my Puffman Blogs, I mentioned Conrad area farmer Gary Gollehon & his snake dilemma over at the Gollehon Place 30 miles east of Brady in the Knees area. This morning, Thursday, I received a report from Gary informing me that "the good woman", Becky, killed a rattler there 3 days ago. Sh...