Add to ORKGDawn Bishop describes her experiences gardening in the Swan Valley, Montana. She talks about the specific microclimate around her house and what plants will grow in zone 5-B. She also details the difficulty of growing plants in the native clay soil around her house, and her strategy of growing things in raised beds filled with a mixture of clay, compost, manure, and peat. Bishop discusses the annuals she plants and how she overwinters them until it’s safe to put them outside. She talks about the unique growing season in the Swan Valley and the unpredictability of the weather, which makes it difficult to determine when the season begins and ends. She describes some of her flowering plants, such as roses, heliotrope, and lilacs, and details t...