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Are you ready for the 45'th annual Montrose PA Blueberry Festival? Our Susquehanna County Master Gardener team is! It will be held on Friday August 7'th and Saturday August 8'th, 9 am (Pancake Breakfast starts at 8 am both days!!) till 4 pm. It's held on the Village Green, right across from the Historical Society and on the other side, the County Courthouse. It is a FREE event! Come for the 5K Fun run, the great food, the ice cream, blueberry muffins, the Quilt Raffle, the silent auction baskets, the White Elephant Sale and SO SO SO much more! Yes, you can even buy blueberries! You can spend some time with a Penn State Master Gardner and learn how you can plant and raise your own blueberries! Kids activities too! Enter the drawing to win your OWN BOUNCE HOUSE!
All funds raised at the festival benefit the Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Library Association.
Howard (That's ME!) will be at the information booth each day. Stop by to say "HI" and I can record you for the event podcast, you might even win a prize!
You can contact the Montrose Library (570-278-1881) if you have any questions or check out the library web site for more information on the event!
www.montrosepablueberryfestival.org
Don't forget the County Fair is just around the corner! We will be there at the Master Gardener hut, stop by to say HI, ask questions, talk to me on our podcast interviews! More information will be out via a podcast update next week! - HOWARD
3 Sept 2025
S6 E2: 2025 Harford Fair
Hey there, Summer is winding down and the 167'th Harford Fair wrapped up a few weeks ago. Listen as Anson gives us his 4'th year in reporting on the history of county fairs, and I get to interview a few people that attended our building at the fairgrounds. PEOPLE WERE SHY THIS YEAR! Many didn't want to be interviewed.... but I had a couple. And I'll announce our winner for the Amazon Show Device!
I'll be back with you in a few weeks as we dive into October and fall!
Thank you for listening!
Howard
13 Aug 2025
S6 E1 44'th Annual Blueberry Festival Festival in Montrose PA
Blueberry picking season is about over in Susquehanna County PA, and the 44'th Annual Blueberry Festival was held on Friday and Saturday, 2-3 August. This podcast covers our PRE-BBF event held at the Montrose Library Community Room, and two days of interviews at the festival. The weather was the best we have had in many years, and we are waiting for the final fund raising dollar amounts to be determined, but it might very well be the BEST YEAR EVER! We even had a special, limited to 100 bottles, of Blueberry Mead with a festival label on it. (Thank you Dan!)
The media coverage was excellent, bringing in people from hundreds of miles away for the event. As you will hear, Chris in the podcast came all the way from Arizona! We had so many people tell me that it was the first time they had attended.
Congratulations to the Noonan family, who won the Blueberry Snack raffle basket. The Amazon Show device will be awarded to a random person after we record at the Susquehanna County fair this week, including additional people into our drawing.
Thank you to everyone that supported the event! Be sure to take time to contact the library to let them know how happy you were with the event and with any suggestions for next year!
We publish this episode as both part of the library "Off the Shelf" podcast, and here on the "Digging for Answers". The library and the Master Gardeners partner on several events each year. Right now, at the library, we have a table with veggies that are brought in by the Master Gardeners in the county!
I'll be at the County Fair on Friday this week, in the Master Gardener building, interviewing for our next podcast! Stop in and see me! I'll have information about the MG program, the library and the county bee keep association!
Enjoy a blueberry muffin and give us a listen!
Howard
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