I live in Seattle, and I intend to do a little outdoor growing this year. I'm in the middle of a move right now (suuuuucks), but when I'm done, I'm gonna start scouting for places to plant.

I suggest indicas, myself. Most don't need more than about 4 - 4 1/2 month grow period. And on the west side of the Cascades, rain provides most of the watering, so you won't get busted making a lot of return trips, and the first frost doesn't hit until late October/early November, because we're on the coast.

As long as you're not doing any crazy-ass large scale grows (I don't plan on growing more than 2 females), you should be fine just growing in the ground somewhere.