Northwest Montana is known for its cherry production. The unique, warm climate around Flathead Lake allows sweet cherries to thrive. Mid-July to Mid-August is peak cherry season, so now is the time to find and enjoy these delicious fruits. You can find cherries at...
Snap peas are a legume which means they are in the family of incredible plants that can “fix” nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into a usable form in the soil for other plants to access. Similar to snow peas (edible pod, flat) and English garden/shelling peas (inedible...
Trellising Tomatoes On a sunny June day Dylan Brady was in Clark Fork Organic’s humid hoop house in Missoula, trellising young tomato plants. He carefully chose the most promising stalks of each plant, chopped off the others, and attached the remaining spindly stems...
Vermicomposting for Healthier Soil in the Gallatin Valley “Worms stitch everything together.” Karl Johnson, the founder and owner of YES Compost, gently pulls his fingers through the top layer of a compost bin at his Belgrade facility, inspecting the...
A farm crew shares their favorite sounds What you notice first on the fifty-seven acres that compose Gallatin Valley Botanical at Rocky Creek Farm is the sheer diversity of crops, and with it, colors, sounds, and smells. Matt and Jacy Rothschiller have been...
