Gardening

It's like the old Charlie Pride tune, "The Snakes Crawl At Night"..or any time of the day for that matter. There's been a warning posted for Cut Bank residents: A rattlesnake has been killed by the Pinetree Apartments. The "good news" is that the Northern Rockies Medical Center in Cut Bank is carrying anti-venom...

It's been one great career for Yvonne Layton over in Chester, & tomorrow, on Wednesday, the Farm Service Agency in Chester will be hosting an open house to CELEBRATE Yvonne's retirement! Tomorrow's open house at the Farm Service Agency will be from 1 until 4 in the afternoon. Pl...

By Toole Co. Agent Alice Burchak - The gardens are doing well this year and gardeners will soon turn their thoughts to preserving some of their great produce.  Pickling is option to consider for certain vegetables. Crispness is a hallmark of a good pickled vegetable...

Those custom cutter guys are harvesting down in Forsyth this week & "Tall" Todd reports that he talked with custom harvester Shawn Johnson who hails from Minnesota. Johnson reports that he had started his harvest in Oklahoma with with 8 machines & that 2 of the 8 had only 16 & 17 hours on them! He said th...

The custom cutter guys will soon be rolling into our Golden Triangle. I received a report this morning from "Tall" Todd, one of the custom cutter gurus that comes to Montana & he says that they are hoping to finish up down in Denver any time now. To...

I blogged yesterday on the farmers market over in Cut Bank City Park this afternoon (Wednesday) from 4 until 7 & the Farmers Market here in Shelby tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, in Shelby at Shelby City Park from 4 until 6 & GUESS WHAT! There'...

It's "Summer under the Big Sky", & farmers markets are in full swing all around our Golden Triangle. The Cut Bank Farmers Market is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) over in Cut Bank City Park. The Cut Bank Farmers Market will be in operation from 4 until 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Ba...

Farmers markets abound this time of year out here under the Big Sky, & this weekend in north central Montana is certainly no exception! Down In Teton County on Saturday, The Choteau Farmers Market is well stocked up & ready to go. The Choteau Farmers Market is always abig  hit every summer & all of us here in the Golden Triangle are looking forward to Saturday morning. The Chotea... Re

I just received the precip report for June from the Knees area, some 20 miles east of Brady & not far from the Gollehon Place. The total precip for the month of June came in at 3.14. June 3rd recorded .53 while June 4th had .57 & June 13th recorded .43. The...

Make that "ROCKY"! I received a report this past weekend from Tall Todd, the custom cutter guy who comes up here to our Golden Triangle every harvest season. Todd & his custom cutter guys have moved to Clinton, Oklahoma. In Texas, they harvested crops that yielded from 18.6 b...

Pondera County Weed Control District Coordinator Pam Converse joined Pondera Co. Agent Dan Picard on the Extension Minute today, to talk about an infestation of Whitetop, a noxious weed that is also known as Whiteweed and Peppergrass, among other names...in...

I'm NOT blogging about that hit TV program on Showtime either! Our City of Shelby has a "Weed Ordinance". The City of Shelby Weed Ordinance requires that ALL vegetation on property be kept BELOW 6 inches. IF vegetation is in EXCESS of this, you'll be in "big trouble"...