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Wine lover: Harvest is coming
Harvest is fast approaching, and it is certainly the most exciting time of year in the world of the vintner. Much of the year, the developing wine is hibernating, and the winemaker does little mo...
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Envoy Peach Butterfly impatiens, a colorful new variety, glow in shady gardens. Plenty of flowering plants and foliage plants offer warm hues that set the mood for autumn, including cherry-red Cherry Brandy rudbeckia, bright Orange Clock vines, red fountain grass and kangaroo paw. The Mountain Gardener
Usher your colorful garden into fall
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Let's Go Fishin: Steady summer bite continues
Fishing in Monterey Bay has been consistent, and the weather has been calm on the ocean. Rock cod are still the hot pick, but salmon and halibut are also coming in. From the outer bay waters, alba...
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Talk About Money: Giving needn’t be entirely altruistic
Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates recently obtained a pledge from 40 of America’s wealthiest individuals and families. This Giving Pledge, as it is called, commits those individuals to givi...
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The Mountain Gardener: Deer-resistant plants are stars of the mountain garden
Recently, I stood just inside my screen door watching a young doe and her fawn browse on plants that are supposed to be deer-resistant. They were only about 5 feet from me and hadn’t done much da...
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Comedy Corner: A visit to Mount Hermon Road Speedway
I live in Felton and recently accepted a temp job at a company in Scotts Valley. Driving to Scotts Valley around 7:30 a.m. is rather new for me, and until I have had my first cup of coffee, I tend...
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Wine Lover: Blending versus single-varietal depends on place
by Austin Twohig
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There are many competing paradigms in the world of vino, and one of the most intriguing is whether winemakers should blend their wines together or bottle their wines individually by varietal. The...
Off Hours: Flyin’ and floatin’
by Steve Bailey
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Two festivals over Labor Day Weekend promise fun at the shore and in the sky
The Mountain Gardener: Start your winter plants soon
by Jan Nelson
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August is a month of transition in the garden. Some plants, such as dahlias and crape myrtles, are in full glory, while others are starting to wind down. If you look closely, dormant flower and lea...
Let’s Go Fishin’: Big animals make a big impression in the bay
by Mike Baxter
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While fishing in the Monterey Bay tends to be my main focus in this column, I have to give respect to the amazing marine mammals in the outer waters, as well. I have been filling in as captain fo...
It’s the law: To guard teens, stop the enablers
by Gary Redenbacher
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When I was a teenager and knew everything, I reveled in the countless Hollywood movies that depicted teenagers saving the universe. We were always smarter and quicker than those slow-witted adults,...
Your Health: CPR updated
by Terry Hollenbeck
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New rules make it easier to save lives