Brrr! Reminds me a bit of my birthplace & childhood home - SW MT town with elevation of a bit more than 5,000 ft. That mile high & right next to Rocky Mt range creates some very quirky weather. When, as a young adult becoming interested in ornamental garden design, I learned that the growing season for my hometown was 89 days - only 89 days I shrieked - I knew that I could never go home again except for visits to my parents who’d moved back there when they retired. Good thing we each become attached to where ever we live & accept the climate that comes with it

I knew that I could never go home again

This is me, only with Minnesota. Now in Oregon. The PNW has its issues, including climate issues, but I can garden at least 350 days each year.

@artinnaturez8b You’re right about our PNW having climate issues aka climate change but I really agree with being able to garden 350 days a year if one wants to. As long as it’s not raining hard or doing an ice storm, there’s always something we can do outside if we want to be outdoors for a bit. Minnesota - hmm. I visted a sibling who lived in the Mnpls / St Paul area / Burnsville / Eden Prairie for her & hubs work - it was in summer & wowee - I had never ever seen such giant mosquitos. I also wondered how it would be to live in a place with so many tunnels in the business areas to get from one building to another without having to go outside! 😱 I was living in Omaha at that time courtesy of USAF for my DH so I had my own set of climate issues to cope with. Our PNW seems such a great happy medium.

Wow, 37 degrees! Geez I thought our temps here of 60 were chilly lol. I've been walking around my (un-airconditioned) house with a sweatshirt the last few days.

:)

Dee