Hi, Bonehead. I'm so sorry you're having this problem. The Pacific Coast Gardening forum originally was conceived as a wide-ranging forum for people in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and perhaps Alaska, Hawaii, and even Japan. Regrettably, only Californians visited the forum regularly, and even they have been silent in recent months.
I think the Northern Gardening forum might be a better fit. I see some Washingtonians there.
http://garden.org/forums/view/...