HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

To a roadside stand on Thanksgiving

Written November 23rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

If you live on the edge of Albany, or just beyond, a quick bike run to the nearest roadside farm stand is one way to observe Thanksgiving.


Off Riverside Drive, a huge wall of straw

Written August 28th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Riding the bike along Riverside Drive southwest of Albany the other day, I could not help but be impressed by the massive amount of grass straw that’s stacked on a field south of the road.


A mystery crop, but only to me

Written November 26th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

To a lifelong city dweller like me, almost all the things being grown beyond the outskirts of town are mystery crops. And so it was when I went on a short neighborhood bike ride before the Thanksgiving meal.


 
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