Comments on: Update: Moving to Oregon http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Relativepunk http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-97 Relativepunk Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:52:11 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-97 I grew up in Michigan and then moved when I was 15 to Arizona. Have been in Arizona for about 10 years now and I hate it. The sun is nice to have but not when it reaches 115 degrees and no matter how hard your air conditioner works the temperature never cools past 80! A couple years ago I met my future wife and she had grown up in Oregon. We took a trip up there together and I fell in love. It reminded me of home so much I couldn't help but dream of moving there. Plus, as it has already been stated, the ocean and mountains nestle the main drag and If I miss the desert there is dry land up there too! What's not to love? So Jessica and I and our 5 month old son will be moving to Salem as well! Small world eh? What is wilder still is that I had planned on buying some land with the money we have to start farming!!! I grew up in Michigan and then moved when I was 15 to Arizona. Have been in Arizona for about 10 years now and I hate it. The sun is nice to have but not when it reaches 115 degrees and no matter how hard your air conditioner works the temperature never cools past 80! A couple years ago I met my future wife and she had grown up in Oregon. We took a trip up there together and I fell in love. It reminded me of home so much I couldn’t help but dream of moving there. Plus, as it has already been stated, the ocean and mountains nestle the main drag and If I miss the desert there is dry land up there too! What’s not to love? So Jessica and I and our 5 month old son will be moving to Salem as well! Small world eh? What is wilder still is that I had planned on buying some land with the money we have to start farming!!!

]]> By: ken http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-59 ken Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:39:23 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-59 That's cool that you made it to Oregon Country. I grew up just north of there in Yakima, Washington. Nice country. Anyway, all the best to you and yours. ken Japan That’s cool that you made it to Oregon Country. I grew up just north of there in Yakima, Washington. Nice country. Anyway, all the best to you and yours.

ken

Japan

]]> By: beecharmers http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-58 beecharmers Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:56:16 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-58 uhh yes E washington is shrubb steppe territory. Semi Arid. The PNW banana belt. Tons of sun, sandy soil, mild winters and fantastic irrigation projects. A farmers paradise. Although the Willamette Valley is also prime growing land. Not sure what the other half does but we are pretty citified with high paying jobs for edumacated types. So glad you all are closer now. Hey get ahold of me through email- You two need a little trip this way in the spring (spring in the desert, you know how beautiful that can be right?)- I'll set up some sustainable farm and winery tours for us. I've got connections :) Only a 4 hour drive from Portland. uhh yes E washington is shrubb steppe territory. Semi Arid. The PNW banana belt. Tons of sun, sandy soil, mild winters and fantastic irrigation projects. A farmers paradise. Although the Willamette Valley is also prime growing land.
Not sure what the other half does but we are pretty citified with high paying jobs for edumacated types.
So glad you all are closer now. Hey get ahold of me through email- You two need a little trip this way in the spring (spring in the desert, you know how beautiful that can be right?)- I’ll set up some sustainable farm and winery tours for us. I’ve got connections :)
Only a 4 hour drive from Portland.

]]> By: A learning farmer http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-57 A learning farmer Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:07:49 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-57 Isn't E. WA. mostly high desert, like E. OR.? Either way, the job market in the Portland area has good job prospects for the other half and we have connections there, but at least I'll be over 2000 miles closer to being a neighbor than I am now! Isn’t E. WA. mostly high desert, like E. OR.? Either way, the job market in the Portland area has good job prospects for the other half and we have connections there, but at least I’ll be over 2000 miles closer to being a neighbor than I am now!

]]> By: Beecharmer http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-56 Beecharmer Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:54:28 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-56 Oh my, I had no idea you were thinking of relocating. Ugh I would have had you check out eastern WA. Ag central and needs the organic boost. cheaper land and living costs than OR. We could have been neighbors. Good luck. Keep us posted. Oh my, I had no idea you were thinking of relocating. Ugh I would have had you check out eastern WA. Ag central and needs the organic boost. cheaper land and living costs than OR. We could have been neighbors.
Good luck. Keep us posted.

]]> By: Chris http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/update-moving-to-oregon/#comment-53 Chris Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:07:08 +0000 http://selfmadefarmer.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-53 Welcome to Oregon! Come pay us a visit if you have time. We'll show you around. chris Welcome to Oregon! Come pay us a visit if you have time. We’ll show you around.

chris

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