Off and running

   Spring is taking its sweet time to make an appearance, but it doesn’t mean work is waiting for warm weather. I have a slew of articles due in the next couple of weeks, including a good sized piece on wonderful things to do in Great Falls (anyone who says there is nothing happening around here is [...]

Like a kid in a candy store

  It’s been like Christmas around here the past several weeks as the flush of magazines with my articles start showing up on the newstands. I keep pretty busy with assignments so once I hit ‘send’ I’m usually mentally on to the next topic. I truly enjoy the on-line articles for the immediate gratification (as [...]

The wonders of MSU Extension

I often am enthusiatic about the stories I write, but this week my information gathering went a little out of control. I thought I would do a nice, easy article on what Montana State University Extension agency does for Cascade county and Montana. Boy, was I wrong. After talking to several agents and a specialist, [...]

College planning and garden dreaming

   This week I’m knee deep on various articles concerning how to choose a college, going above and beyond the typical application and the thought that strikes fear into parents’ hearts -”Boomerangers” - post grad college students who move back home because of the rough economic reality. With a 17 year old stepson who is starting the [...]

Flip camera = gardening action!

There are several new projects on the horizon that are going to make the rest of this winter and spring pretty interesting. The first is I’m the new moderator for the HobbyFarms.com forums. It’s a great place to ask all sorts of gardening, livestock and rural living topics, and I encourage everyone to join the conversation. [...]

Waiting for spring

We’re in the middle of another doozy of a snowstorm, but it’s time to think spring. I’ve been trying to sit down for several weeks to peruse seed catalogs and make lists of what I need to plant this year. There are so many gorgeous and intriguing varieties that I have to make notes of [...]

‘Tis the season

Christmas is less than a month away, and I’m about to hit the panic button. I just have to remind myself that I’m not that far behind when I have heart palpitations. The Christmas letter is finished, although I still have to print and mail it. Plus, unlike most years, I actually went into a [...]

Coal rocks and dreading snow

I can hear the pitter patter of sleet hitting the windows, and I know our dreamy fall weather has come to an end. The middle of November isn’t bad timing for the nasty weather to arrive, but I’m still not ready. Thankfully, I have a few great stories I’m working on to keep me warm. [...]

Busy bees and solar heat

Dana Potocki, web-woman extraordinaire, recently updated my site to eliminate the Living in Season link (since I’m taking it off-line soon), and adding a hot link to The Backyard Bounty. She also included banners to Grit, Hobby Farms and Zone 4 – three of the magazines I’m writing for this year. It’s wonderful to have [...]

Heat wave heading into October

   We had a warning shot that the season was coming to an end on September 18 when the temperature dropped from 39 degrees to 34 and it started to snow. In my panic, since I didn’t hold much faith in the forecast, I harvested 85 lbs of tomatoes and a whole mess of peppers [...]

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