Articles with the Tag: Agriculture
An excellent way to preserve a favorite vegetable variety is to harvest and save the seed from your own garden plants. This can be done with all open-pollinated (non-hybrid) vegetables. Hybrids are pollinated by humans for a specific resulting plant. (Seeds saved from hybrids will not produce the same fruit ...
PABLO – Learning to garden connects children to their community, the food they eat, and encourages a healthier lifestyle, according to Salish Kootenai College Community Health and Development Coordinator Mike Tryon. SKC earned a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture that led to a co...
RONAN — Board members for the Lake County Conservation District had the opportunity to spend their Thursday, July 28, afternoon touring an agricultural project being implemented in the Mission Valley by the District in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The three main goa...
When we think of primroses, the first thing that comes to mind are the “Pacific Giant” hybrid primroses we see in garden centers. Actually hundreds of species of Primula are in existence, and some species have been brought into gardens and significantly developed. The auricula primroses, membe...
Soil pH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity. This measurement can range from a very low pH of 1.0 to an extremely high pH of 14.0. 7.0 is considered neutral and several vegetables will thrive in soil with a neutral pH. Some vegetables do prefer a more acidic soil while others prefer a more alkaline soil. F...
The raid of a Lake County puppy mill last week drew attention to Montana’s lack of dog breeding regulations. The Lake County Sheriff’s office obtained a warrant to search LDR Kennel on Dublin Gulch Road after receiving at least three complaints. The most recent complaint reported a terrible od...
YELLOW BAY — The Montana Dept. of Agriculture (MDA) is offering a free informative meeting on the Worker Protection Standard and the recent revisions to the standard, to be held Wednesday, July 27, at 3 p.m. at the Yellow Bay Community Clubhouse, Highway 35, mile-marker 18. In October 2015 the Envir...
CHARLO – Water flows through the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project for farmers to water fields and keep their crops growing until harvest time. The water system is a complicated structure centered on storage and pumping that eventually moves through miles of ditches across the reservation. The proj...
RONAN – It’s not too late to try and win a ribbon in the Lake County Fair. “People can sign up with open class entries until Thursday,” said Fair Director Tim Marchant. The deadline to turn in an application is July 21 at 4 p.m. Open class includes things like photography, roses...
Flowering shrubs brighten our home gardens. They bring beauty and fragrance while providing cover and nesting places for birds. Here are a few shrubs welladapted to Montana: —Lilacs, especially the common and French lilac hybrids (Syringa vulgaris) appreciate our climate. The flowers of common lilacs a...
