I'm indulging my love of warmth in my retirement so I agree with my plants
Seattle is a beautiful city, I have spent a lot of time there and have good friends there. Like my home state of Calif it is too cold for me now though, I'm too well adjusted to the warmth of the tropics. I don't even use AC in the summer, although I have it in my office and the guest bedroom. I've been known to retreat to the office and put it on dehumidify on some of the sweltering afternoons in May, once the rains start in June I'm ok with the heat.
It's the rains that I worry about for my plants, many of them don't like either the amount of water or the alkalinity of it. I've tested rain that is over 8 in PH, I don't know how that happens but some other gardeners here have said that it is the limestone dust and sand blown into the air. Lots of acid loving plants do poorly in the summer (rainy season) or die completely. Since it rains almost every evening I can't run around and move everything in and out of the sun/rain every day so I've just given up on some things.
