Every Day in September – Environments/Habitats - #22 - “Tropical”
It is a clear, chilly, bright, blue and yellow gold day here on Whidbey Island, proof positive that the one natural biome Washington does not have is “Tropical”. The next five prompts in Every Day in September, then, I am going to have to go WAY off book and just punt to find my state related examples. For “Tropical” I am, instead, showing a wonderful weather anomaly we have over on the Olympic Peninsula - the Lavender Sun Belt. Tucked into the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, the little town of Sequim is the driest spot in the Western half of the state, getting only 18” of rain a year. And lots of sun. It has, in fact, the exact same clime and growing conditions as Provence and Avignon in France, which means farmers can grow the same glorious Lavender. Sequim is the largest producer of Lavender outside France! Check it out - http://www.sequimlavender.org/
It is a clear, chilly, bright, blue and yellow gold day here on Whidbey Island, proof positive that the one natural biome Washington does not have is “Tropical”. The next five prompts in Every Day in September, then, I am going to have to go WAY off book and just punt to find my state related examples. For “Tropical” I am, instead, showing a wonderful weather anomaly we have over on the Olympic Peninsula - the Lavender Sun Belt. Tucked into the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, the little town of Sequim is the driest spot in the Western half of the state, getting only 18” of rain a year. And lots of sun. It has, in fact, the exact same clime and growing conditions as Provence and Avignon in France, which means farmers can grow the same glorious Lavender. Sequim is the largest producer of Lavender outside France! Check it out - http://www.sequimlavender.org/
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