RURAL LIVING
IN
MONTANA

Table of Contents for Summer 2009

• Bark beetles
• Mountain pine beetles
• Horseflies
• Featured landowner: Kittredge
• Burrowing rodents
• Watering animals
• Private applicators license
• Brand inspections
• Invasive aquatics
• Ask Steward
  
  

Table of Contents for Winter 2008

• Winter power outages
• Wildlife friendly fencing
• Understanding soil moisture
• Featured landowner: Garry King
  
• Investing in a pondptic systems
  
• Cheatgrass
  
• Livestock fees
  
• Montana beneficiary deed law
  
• Ask Steward
  
  

Table of Contents for Fall 2008

• Human-Wildlife conflict
  
• Fall lawn and garden care
  
• Quality keys for livestock shelters
  
• Featured landowner: Pride in ownership
  
• Managing roof run-off
  
• Featured weed: Hoary alyssum
  
• Living with deer
  
• Practical aspects of cisterns in big sky
  
• Landscaping with invasives
  
• Rain gardens
  
• Ask Steward

Table of Contents for Summer 2008

• NATIVE PLANTS IN THE LANDSCAPE
  
• RAISING POULTRY IN THE BACKYARD
  
• FEATURED WEED: COMMON TANSY
  
• RAISING YOUR CHICKS
  
• DEER RESISTANT ORNAMENTALS FOR YOUR GARDEN
  
• TIPS FOR LAUNDERING PESTICIDE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING
  
• COMMUNITIES KEEPING FOOD DOLLARS LOCAL
  
• CHOOSING A COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
  
• CAN YOUR PROPERTY SURVIVE A WILDFIRE
  
• CONTROLLING WEEDS MECHANICALLY
  
• WATER CONSERVATION
  
• PESTICIDES AND YOUR PETS SAFETY
  
• ASK STEWARD
  
  

Table of Contents for Spring 2008

• Big Sky Small Acres Definitions
  
• Be a responsible well owner
  
• Immunization and deworming for horses
  
• Tips for spring pasture management
  
• Featured landowner: Pete Fay — Managing multiple crops at Rocky Creek Farm
  
• Something is burning
  
• Montana’s short growing season making the most of your gardening window
• Livestock and companion animals and ticks
  
• Ask Steward
  
  

Table of Contents for Fall 2007

• Big Sky Small Acres Definitions
  
• Winterizing hayfield irrigation systems
  
• Winterizing a lawn irrigation system
  
• Buying a horse
  
• Noxious weeds: Everyone’s concern
  
• Featured landowner: Montana
• entrepreneur finds weed grazing niche
  
• Spotted Knapweed
  
• Winter livestock management
  
• Preparing your game after the hunt
  
• Maintaining the home place to maintain water quality
  
• Ask Stewart