If you drive up the edge of the Nooksack River nearly to the Canadian border in late fall, you'll likely come across a stand of tall evergreen trees covered with hundreds of eagles preying on the spawning salmon below, and you'll have arrived at Eagle Trees Farm. This biodynamic cannabis farm has a growing reputation in the weed market thanks to their flavorful top-quality buds. Kenny Ingebrigtson, who owns the farm with his sister Jessica Straight, said their pot is a reflection of their farm's unique terroir.

"I'm really obsessed with having a natural expression of the plant in the place it was meant to be grown: in the soil and under the sun," Ingebrigtson said. "Your property or your unique microclimate contributes flavor. Terroir is another layer to the cannabis experience."

Ingebrigtson said the farm uses organic closed-loop practices, which means they are always recycling the farm's waste products back into their own compost and fertilizers while also growing companion food crops, raising beef, and keeping honeybees, and trying to make their farm as eco-friendly as possible. Try their Royal Kush, a spicy and earthy strain with a touch of grape flavor, or check out their Lavender Chunk Norris, a flowery strain perfect for a relaxing daytime smoke.

Lemonade isn't the name of this farm—it is technically called Exotikz—but the label says Lemonade, and the lettering is in the shape of a lemon. This hyper-focused brand is the latest concept from Berner, a Bay Area rapper loosely associated with LA's Jungle Boys brand. He is largely credited with turning the weed strain Girl Scout Cookies into one of the most popular strains of all time. Washington is getting a taste of his latest project with a line of citrus-focused weed strains like Lemonchello, the Original Lemonade, and the Lime.

Louie Paez, who runs the Tacoma-based farm growing all of the brand's pot, said the idea came out after Berner and his crew developed a particularly potent lemon- flavored pot plant.

"The creative minds out of San Francisco found this Lemonade cut, and the flavor profile is just so unique to everything else out there," Paez said. "So every single strain in the Lemonade family is going to be a Lemonade cross. It's just that very, very unique terp profile."

These are the kinds of citrus strains that have mind-blowing aromatics that almost seem unreal. Lemonchello 10, a cross of Cherry Pie and Original Lemonade, tastes like a rich, fruity lemon custard. The Lime, a cross of Cactus Cooler and the Lemonade, tastes like Sprite in pot form.

Solventless hash is often considered by cannabis connoisseurs to be the highest quality of all pot concentrates. You must start with extremely high-quality flower and then use a careful artisanal process to separate the flower from the crystal-like trichome heads—without the help of solvents like butane. Stoners go crazy for solventless hash, and the largest solventless hash lab on the West Coast might be at Constellation Cannabis in Arlington.

"The solventless hash lab itself is 2,000 square feet. We are 100 percent confident that it's the largest in Washington, and we think it's the largest on the West Coast," Constellation co-owner Jeff Hubbard said.

Most solventless hash makers purchase their pot from other pot growers, but not Hubbard and his wife, Bailey. They grow all of their flower themselves—and their flower is getting as much attention as their award-winning hash.

They recently released a batch of Watermelon Zkittlez that burst with fruity aromatics; their beautiful purple Wedding Crasher buds are grape-focused with a chilled out relaxing effect; and their unusual GMO, like its initialism indicates, has the flavor of garlic, mushroom, and onion. "Some people love it, and some people think it's weird. Every time it comes to market, it sells out very quickly," Bailey Hubbard said.

Constellation recently started packaging their solventless hash in vape cartridges, meaning you can get cartridges free of any weird solvents or additives. If you're worried about your health amid this vape scare, some solventless vaping might be just what the doctor ordered.

When Secret Gardens first started growing pot in Bremerton nearly five years ago, there was no particular reason why the owners called themselves "secret." There was nothing especially private or confidential about the farm. But five years in, and the farm is starting to grow into its name: This boutique brand is producing some of the best pot in the state, and hardly anyone knows about them.

Mention Secret Gardens to the next budtender you see, and their eyes will likely light up thanks to the wide array of frosty nugs this farm sells, frequently with potencies nearing 30 percent THC. They grow a great Girl Scout Cookies (because what modern farm doesn't?); their Platinum Alien OG is sweet, spicy, and euphoric; their Sour Diesel is tangy and classic; and their Wedding Cake is gassy, sweet, and super sleepy.

It seems like this garden always has another strain up its sleeve, but Steven Mastronardi, Secret Gardens' head grower, said they have even more they are waiting to show to the public. "We have so many strains, we have to rotate them," Mastronardi said. "We want to grow them all, but we don't have enough space."

High Five Farms had two reasons to locate their outdoor pot farm in Prosser, at the lower end of the Yakima Valley: long days of sunshine and a consistent supply of water.

"The Yakima Valley is hot and dry," said Jason Zucker, High Five Farms' head grower. "It is the most heavily irrigated valley in the United States. Lots of sun, lots of water, and no rain is ideal for cannabis cultivation."

Yakima Valley's rivers are full thanks to Mount Rainier's glaciers and the forests that border the west side. This area is already the most important hops-growing region in North America, a crop that is closely related to pot. So it makes sense that High Five Farms is able to grow such dank weed.

Their 9 Pound Hammer is heavy and sedating; their Ghost Train Haze is sour, floral, and potent; and their Blue Sugar Cookies, a cross of Girl Scout Cookies and Blueberry, is sweet and fruity but also crushingly strong. Watch out for that Yakima Valley dankness.