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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the Glasgow City-County Library is joining with the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to encourage people of all ages to obtain a free library card. This year, Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 4 characters are Library Card Sign-Up Month honorary chairs, helping to promote the value of a library card. In addition to giving the ability to check out books that enter a reader into another world or help a reader learn something new, a Glasgow City-County library card also opens a number...
The weather seems as though it just doesn't want us to harvest our wheat. First the cool month of June delayed the start of the crop. Now the cool, wet August has delayed the ripening of the wheat. Yes, I know it's now September, but that cool, wet August is lingering. I want more summer. I'm not ready for fall. I'm afraid the wheat harvest is going to drag on until it seems like forever. The hours we can actually combine will be short. Last week I did manage to get all my onions and shallots...
Shortly after I wrote last week's column I was perusing the new and used Glasgow sale site via Facebook. I happened to be the first respondent to an offer of free locally-grown apples. Having received about five gallons of smallish green apples and with a week still to go on the Whole Life Challenge, I went searching for sugar-free apple recipes. I'm sharing the two I tried. Now, lest you think I've completely surrendered all sense to the sugar-free life, I will confess I used the majority of...
Our wheat crop is rapidly ripening, and so harvest is looming. I may still have a week to 10 days before I switch gears from gardener to grain cart operator. The days of being able to plan my days around my own "to do" list will soon become days of cramming my gardening chores into a couple early morning hours. The rest of the day will be spent driving a tractor, hauling the grain cart. Once the combine is full, I'll be driving alongside with the cart properly lined up as we unload "on the go"...
Another week has gone by. We've had a bit of over an inch of rain in that time, and it's still drizzling down as I write this. The garden is rapidly becoming a jungle. Thanks to the grass I've mulched with, I can still walk out there without becoming much taller, but my shoes still get muddy. There isn't much walking space between some of the rows, so I have to tread carefully. There are still some raspberries that could be picked. Today would be the day I should go between the rows. Each row...
The raspberry picking continues. That chore easily consumes two hours of each of my days except Sundays. I have plenty of those delectable fruits in my freezer, and so my local family and several friends are reaping the rewards of my excessive harvest. I have had one person stop by to pick her own, with my permission, but she hardly made a dent. I think (and hope) they're starting to slow down. I've also had a lot of green beans coming on. This week I did manage to get several jars of them...
I posted a photo of the volunteer sunflowers in my garden, stating that perhaps I'd left too many of them. A friend commented, "You can never have too many sunflowers!" But sometimes we do find ourselves with too much of a good thing, don't we? I picked the first of my green beans on Saturday. I'd already snipped, snapped, and washed them, along with getting out my big pressure canner and washing seven pint jars, when I discovered I didn't have any lids! I really don't care for frozen green...
This past week I've spent a fair amount of time tidying up in and around the garden. I have installed a new battery in my solar powered electric fence, so I don't need weeds around the perimeter touching the wires and draining the power from that battery. Even though I've installed weed block cloth on three sides, the weeds beyond that cloth will get tall enough for the wind to blow them into the fence. When that happens I can hear the fence zapping whatever's touching it. Most of the ground on...
This past week a gardening club, led by Mary Christianson, came to visit me, to view my yard and garden. They, like me, love to see what others have done to beautify their outdoor space. We're always looking for new ideas and to possibly find new plants to add to our own collections. I don't think we ever get too old to learn. Now, incorporating those new ideas and doing the actual work to implement them is a different proposition. While they were here, I learned that I had been misidentifying...
Last week my column was entitled "Life Giving Rain" by the Courier, which is a very accurate title. Unfortunately, it's brought life not only to my desired plantings, but also to all the myriad of weeds that try to live here. When it's dry, the weeds mostly only grow in the rows, because the drip system keeps the water going to just the rows. But with the rains hitting everywhere, the weeds are coming on like gangbusters everywhere. All of the garden is turning green. There's supposed to be...
We’ve had some measurable rain lately, and so I’m avoiding (ignoring?) the garden for now. It’s still chilly with a damp wind. I know it’s muddy, and I really don’t feel the need to get taller by packing the gumbo onto the bottoms of my shoes. So, wonder of wonders, I’ve done a bit of housework. There’s still clutter, of course, because we live here. Our home will never be a showroom, and while I can be a perfectionist in other areas, I would never want everything in my house perfect at once. I’d find that stifling to my creative juices...
Under the Big Sky, a storytelling series produced by the Montana Television Network, recently won awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter at the Emmy Gala in Seattle, Wash., on June 8. The series earned recognition in three categories: Historic/Cultural - Program for "Under the Big Sky - Episode 5", Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment for "Live from The Divide" and Individual Craft Award for series cinematographer Matthew Wheat in the...
Those cute little bunnies I like watching have discovered my garden. Apparently the new leaves on green beans are delicious. After I discovered several sections of bare stems sticking up, reseeding with a packet of older seeds happened. I’ve covered that row with frost cloth. I had a bunch of flexible hoops (coated fiberglass rods) and a couple long swaths of thin white cloth that I had used over my strawberry row years ago. I repurposed those items to protect the bean crop. I even extended it to cover the newly sprouting lettuces. I’m hol...
Naturally, as soon as our window air conditioners were installed, Mother Nature decided if I wanted to be cooler, she'd oblige. My husband, the weather geek, being an early riser, told me it had dropped to 33.5° at 5 a.m. last Sunday. He hoped everything in the garden survived. I haven't yet gone outside to check up close, but from my living room windows the tomatoes still looked fine. I'd removed the protective walls of water just in time for this blast of cold. The pepper plants similarly...
Back by popular demand, Lend Me a Tenor, a multi-Tony Award winner, opens Fort Peck Summer Theatre’s 50th season. A legendary farce, set in 1934 at the famous Cleveland Grand Opera Company, this side-splitting comedy features mistaken identity, revolving doors, over-the-top opera personas, and of course a love story! The production is directed by former FPST Artistic Director John Rausch, whose many credits with the company include directing Lend Me a Tenor during the 25th anniversary season. According to current Artistic Director Andy M...
First things first: I’d taken a wheatberry salad to the Memorial Day program in Opheim. The American Legion Auxiliary, of which I’m a (not very active) member provides the meal after the program. A couple of the other (more active) members requested the recipe. Of course I didn’t have it with me, so I promised to share it via this column. One remarked she hadn’t had a wheatberry salad since her mother made them when she was young, so good memories were stirred. Sweet Wheatberry Salad 2 C raw wheat 1 C pumpkin seeds (pepitas) 1 C chopped...
When the Fort Peck Summer Theatre matinee is over, extend your evening of Northeast Montana's fine art culture by stopping by the Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery, 523 2nd Ave. So. in Glasgow. During the months of June, July and August, the Gallery will be hosting its Artist of the Month receptions on the first Sunday of each summer month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wine and dessert will be served. June's Artist of the Month is Janet Sullivan. Sullivan's love of painting has led her to a 45-year career as...
Because of Memorial Day weekend, the newspaper deadline was moved up. This is being written last Friday (I’ve become a time-traveler). Seems like I just wrote a column and here it’s time for another. In spite of the cold wind and cool temperatures last week I did get all of my walls of water filled while avoiding frostbite on my fingers. Well water is barely above freezing (okay, it’s really 40°), but combined with the wind, the chill factor on my hands was an icy below freezing. I took several breaks to go inside to warm my hands. So now I...
On this sunny Monday morning, after the cool weather and rain over the weekend, I'm planning to get outside. I have lots to accomplish before the next round of rains commence. Rain is in the forecasts my ray-of-sunshine husband frequently checks and shares with me. I rarely need to check a forecast because he keeps me informed. I'll be filling my walls of water first so my tomato plants will be protected from our still chilly nights. I have already hand-broadcast the granular fertilizer Dennis...
Lustre Christian High School seniors walked across the stage completing a chapter in their lives on Sunday, May 19, 3 p.m., at the high school's gym. With approximately over 200 people in attendance, family, friends and the community came together to wish the seniors off to their next adventure. With a processional presented by Mrs. Melissa Marasco and an opening prayer by Pastor John Skillman, the ceremony kicked off. Salutatorian Emily Eggar and Valedictorian Ernest Uy provided their addresses...
Finally, it is starting to feel like spring is here, and my loving husband sees the possibility of more snow in the forecast, and tells me about it! Talk about being a ray of sunshine. Sometimes he’s just not. I really hope that’s a forecast that changes rapidly. I wouldn’t mind more rain even though we don’t yet have a single kernel of wheat in the ground. Speaking of getting things in the ground, I have managed to get two types of peas planted, both regular podded peas and snow peas. I hope to actually reap some of those this summer. The pas...
Glasgow High School students competed for the title of Mr. Scottie on May 6. Competing in different categories comprised of formal wear, full group dance, a lip sync battle, swim wear and an eating contest, senior Noah Lipszyc was crowned Mr. Scottie....
I guess apologies are in order. In my column a few weeks back, I talked about the possibility of late snow and frost up here. Did I bring on this snowstorm/blizzard watch that was issued a couple of weeks ago? I don't think I have that kind of power, but just in case, I'm so sorry. I know no one wanted this white mess and the power outages that occurred on Sunday, even if we are happy to have the moisture. It wasn't technically a blizzard since we didn't have sustained winds of 35 mph, but it...
