Top 10 Ways You Know You're a Gardener in the Pacific NW

1. You begin your starts inside; where they remain for a very long time.


2. You plant your seeds in the pouring rain.


3. You grow your tomatoes in a gardenhouse year round, but still pray they ripen.


4. You can grow lettuce nearly year-round.

5. You harvest in the pouring rain and have to dry things indoors.

6. Things that need to dry in the sun, end up drying indoors on the counter.

7. You can pick enough blackberries along roadsides and trails to make your own jam, cobblers, etc.

8. The flowers are amazing!!

9. You can winter store your potatoes and carrots in the ground all year.

10. Your garden is a green wonderland.