Interviewer
Suzanne Vernon
Files
Description
Dawn 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 the varieties that grow best in the Swan. Bishop also mentions the master gardener’s course she took at the Missoula County Extension Office to learn more about gardening in Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
8-23-1999
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana-Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 422-035
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (15 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:44:14 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_035.mp3; OH_422_035.pdf
Citation
Bishop, Dawn, "Dawn Bishop Interview, August 23, 1999" (1999). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 62.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/62