When to plant marigolds, how to identify field bindweed, how to mow an alfalfa field to save pheasant hens and chicks, how to make pickled beets; the answer to these and many other questions can be found in the wide assortment of publications and books through MSU Extension.

Let MSU Extension Publications help with your gift giving needs this Christmas. Whether your interest is in gardening, canning, plants, weeds, or wildlife, Extension has a book to help inform, educate, and improve your life.

Some of the more popular books include:

Manage Your Land for Wildlife – A Wildlife Management Handbook for Rocky Mountain Landowners
Range Plants of Montana
Weeds of the West
Montana’s Noxious Weeds
Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving
So Easy to Preserve
The Montana Gardener’s Companion
Best Garden Plants for Montana
Montana Master Gardener Handbook
A Montana Gardener’s Book of Days
Montana Planter’s Handbook – Tree and Shrub Selection Guide
Montana Planter’s Handbook – Tree and Shrub Grower’s Guide

“These books are very popular,” says Alice Schaefer, MSU Extension’s distribution leader. “They’re the perfect gift for that hard to buy for person on your list.”

For more information on how to order these and other publications available through MSU Extension visit msuextension.org and click on the publications link.