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Grow an abundant harvest with some timely garden care. Arm yourself with a few basic tools, a bit of time and regular visits to the garden throughout the growing season to keep plants healthy and more productive.

You don’t need to invest in every garden tool on the market. A shovel, trowel, weeding tool, gloves and kneeling pad are the basics. If your budget is tight, ask gardening friends and family if they have extras to spare or lend.

After sitting mostly vacant since the early 1990s, the historic Crowley Block building in the heart of downtown Lewistown will see new life and contribute to the health of the community after an $8.6 million rehabilitation and redevelopment of the basement, first floor and mezzanine.

Summer is in full bloom. Before you take a dip in the lake this summer, state agencies are urging Montanans to know the health risks of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Sabrina Grove credits her mother, Alice Strouf, with her love of gardening and her good eye for color.

Grove’s front yard is filled with an artist’s palette of periwinkles, fuchsias, burnt umber oranges and glazed corn yellows that sometimes change color from year to year.

Her xeriscape garden (a style of landscape design that requires little to no irrigation or other maintenance) took two to three years to become self-propagating.

“It’s the survival of the fittest in my garden. Each year some flowers thrive and then some don’t,” said Grove.