Thanks! I’m not on social media, so this is as close as I will get! I love gathering knowledge from other gardeners. I imagine East Texas has its own gardening challenges.
ey! We’re almost neighbors! My son and his family live in Deer Park.
I’m so glad to have found a place to ask questions and find gardening wisdom!Welcome from British Columbia! I have always wanted to visit Montana-- maybe I will get there in the coming years.
There is so much to learn about gardening, and I hope that you will find your happy place here at The Easy Garden!
I went to CSUSF and always thought gardening in the city would be so cool. There Was an Italian family just across the fence from me in Noe Valley and they had a huge garden! I admired and was inspired by it.
I spent 40 years in a little town named Noxon, about 50 miles east of Sandpoint, Idaho. I gardened the same plot for 35 years, and now, 15 miles from the continent divide, I am on a whole new learning curve! I have a small greenhouse and use raised beds with hoop houses when necessary, but it’s still a challenge. Thankfully my husband has been here most of his life and can alert me to weather that I wouldn’t have worried about on the west side.Good Afternoon Suzee. Welcome ! And, I hope you enjoy and are successful in Helena.
Where were you in NW Montana?
Helena. I would think the challenge would mostly be, gardening at 4,000 feet elevation at over 46° North latitude.
Steve, here near 48 degrees North and at a much lower (2,000 ft) altitude.
I have a sister-in-law in Charly Lake BC, near Ft St Johns (if this is wrong I got it from my husband) She is a HUGE gardener. She grows most of their food. BC has an interesting climate. I lived a few years in Porthill, Idaho right on the border. We had an insane growing season up there!
Thanks Carol, I am really glad to have found this site. There is so much to offer here!
My brother lives a few miles north of Sandpoint
. I have been to Clark Fork and kind of liked that little town but, not farther east on that highway. I had neighbors who moved to Libby and I visited them there but didn't head south to Noxon ... other than that, it's been to Missoula and a little east and the remainder of western Montana - fly-over. After all, there are lots and lots of square miles to it! Steve, & yes, I've been to Porthill, Good Grief, too 
My goodness, it's so beautiful!
I don't know much about the climate of Montana, do you have a short growing season?
