Welcome to the site Brooklyn, and to Washington. Sounds like you've been all over the place. I think you'll find the PNW easier to garden in than up in the Rockies! I don't know how much of a deer problem you have out there on the peninsula though - I'm on the east side of the Cascades, and they can be a bit of a problem over here. I'm so jealous of the rich, black soil that is common on your side of the hill, as I have dry, alkaline soil. My sister brought me a pickup load of black dirt one year for my birthday. I was so tickled!
