"Sonia Van Tassel" wrote:

What do gardeners in the pacific northwest do to take care of their
gardens in the winter? In CA you could pretty much plant straight
through but up here all gardening activity seems to come to a halt. The
only thing I have found to entertain myself is planting bulbs... Can
you plant up here? Will stuff just die or is it that failure to get
immediate gratification causes people not to plant things in the winter?

You need to be more specific.

California includes the Mojave Desert and Death Valley, the sandy and
salty coast, lava beds, Mt. Whitney, Bakersfield, San Diego, Redding,
Eureka, etc.

The pacific northwest includes rain forests, central prairies, glaciers,
Baker, Eugene, Spokane, Pendleton, Bremerton, Wenatchee, etc.

Many gardeners leave their gardens on cruise control in the winter and
go skiing, hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, and biking.

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