I live on  the Oregon coast in zone 8b. But gardening here is much different than zone 8 inland. We get a great deal of rain year round, which I really don't mind. But the amount of steady sun we get is difficult to predict. Summers inland can get up in to the high 80's for days at a time. Our summer temps stay in the 70's with only an occasional day in the low 80's. It is impossible to grow most melons here and the only tomatoes that are successful here are the plants we buy every year from…See More

Some of our amazing Oregon coast mushrooms!