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Around the end of summertime, gardeners start playing jokes on one another. Neighbors donate apples to each other, and receive their produce back in the shapes of homemade pies or crumbles. Baskets of free tomatoes grace office tables, and Craigslist posts about excess pears abound. The best way to get...

Since I’ve moved here, I’ve noticed that Oregonians (natives and transplants alike) take great pride in our state – and why shouldn’t we? Oregon’s blessed with a bevy of landscapes, farmers’ markets, vineyards, and (most importantly, in the view of this humble narrator) plenty of cool, conscientous,...

For this feature, we’ll show some love and devote our time to roses. Roses have stood the test of time, having been taken note of in literature since the Bible was first written. Roses first came to Europe in the form of the perpetual blooming varieties native to China, and most places on the map boast...

For this feature, we’ll show some love and devote our time to roses. Roses have stood the test of time, having been taken note of in literature since the Bible was first written. Roses first came to Europe in the form of the perpetual blooming varieties native to China, and most places on the map boast...

For this feature, we’ll show some love and devote our time to roses. Roses have stood the test of time, having been taken note of in literature since the Bible was first written. Roses first came to Europe in the form of the perpetual blooming varieties native to China, and most places on the map boast...

For this feature, we’ll show some love and devote our time to roses. Roses have stood the test of time, having been taken note of in literature since the Bible was first written. Roses first came to Europe in the form of the perpetual blooming varieties native to China, and most places on the map boast...

As far as city nicknames go, Oregon state capital Salem’s is more respectable (and tastier) than most. Jerome, Arizona, is America’s “Most Vertical City,” Dubach, Louisiana is the “Dogtrot Capital of the World,” and Kelso, Washington is the “Smelt Capital of the World.” “The Cherry City” (Salem’s nickname...

As far as city nicknames go, Oregon state capital Salem’s is more respectable (and tastier) than most. Jerome, Arizona, is America’s “Most Vertical City,” Dubach, Louisiana is the “Dogtrot Capital of the World,” and Kelso, Washington is the “Smelt Capital of the World.” “The Cherry City” (Salem’s nickname...

As far as city nicknames go, Oregon state capital Salem’s is more respectable (and tastier) than most. Jerome, Arizona, is America’s “Most Vertical City,” Dubach, Louisiana is the “Dogtrot Capital of the World,” and Kelso, Washington is the “Smelt Capital of the World.” “The Cherry City” (Salem’s nickname...

As far as city nicknames go, Oregon state capital Salem’s is more respectable (and tastier) than most. Jerome, Arizona, is America’s “Most Vertical City,” Dubach, Louisiana is the “Dogtrot Capital of the World,” and Kelso, Washington is the “Smelt Capital of the World.” “The Cherry City” (Salem’s nickname...