Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 1 Entries. Thursday, March 12 View Page Hello folks! This is my inaugural grower's diary entry, so I think it's only appropriate to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Cassidy, hereafter known as "Gardeneer-in-Training," or GIT as pumpkinpal2 christened me. First and foremost, I am male, despite the fact that my name is commonly considered feminine. I suppose it's better than being a boy named Sue. ;) I was born and raised in the sunny Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Our winters are somewhat mild, the frost hangs on far too late, and our summers get hit enough to rival Arizona or California. I've heard it said that the Okanagan is the Napa Valley of Canada. It is, in fact, Canada's only true desert, and yes, we technically have scorpions despite my never seeing one. A frozen wasteland it is not.