Marine West Coast Forest · Zones 7–9
Pacific Maritime
Temperate rainforest from Alaska to Oregon: mild wet winters, dry summers and the richest mushroom country on the continent.
Douglas-fir, western red cedar, hemlock and Sitka spruce, salmon rivers, fjords, tidal flats and the Salish Sea.
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Gardening
Year-round vegetables: winter greens and leeks outdoors, superb berries and brassicas, tomatoes against a warm wall; late cool springs.
About gardening guides →Fishing
Chinook, coho and pink salmon, steelhead, sea-run cutthroat, halibut, lingcod and rockfish; trout and kokanee in the lakes.
About fishing guides →Foraging
Chanterelles, king boletes, matsutake, hedgehogs and morels; salmonberries, huckleberries, salal; nettles, miner's lettuce and seaweed.
About foraging guides →The weekly note for the Pacific Maritime
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