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The Mountain Gardener | Finding Our Horticultural History

July 10, 2026

TherapyWorks | The Summer Slide Nobody Talks About

The Mountain Gardener | Knee High by This Year’s 4th of July

Plain Talk About Food | It’s Time for Artichokes

Finance | Annuities for Costly Security

Plain Talk About Food | Autumn’s Bounty

November 16, 2023

I had been tweaking an apple cake recipe for several years and just couldn’t seem to get “it” quite right, until my last effort,...

The Mountain Gardener | Propagating to Increase Your Plant Collection

November 16, 2023

Warm days, short days, cold days and hopefully rainy days—all in the fall of the year here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s part...

Guest Column | Scotts Valley is Blessed with Community Volunteers

November 9, 2023

The City of Scotts Valley is lucky to have many generous individuals and organizations supporting the City so that more services and amenities are...

Guest Column | Water and Roads at Forefront of District 5

November 9, 2023

In November, we are focused on two issues that are often in the forefront of people’s minds throughout Santa Cruz County and especially in...

The Mountain Gardener | Changing Seasons

November 9, 2023

It happened last Sunday morning at 2am. That’s when daylight saving time ended and clocks went back an hour. Sure I got an extra...

Plain Talk About Food | Our Little Red Ryder Wagon

November 2, 2023

I raised my little family in Watsonville on a lovely “piece of land” on Green Valley Road, oh, about 6 miles from town or...

Strictly Business | AI in Small-Town America: A 3-Part Series

November 2, 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, the term AI is buzzing everywhere. Curiosity about AI and its various tools has led me to explore how AI,...

The Mountain Gardener | Awesome Grasses

November 2, 2023

Outside my front door are several Overdam Feather Reed Grasses that are spectacular when backlit by late afternoon sun. What’s not to love about...

Plain Talk About Food | Pierogi for the Holidays, With Love

October 26, 2023

My hubby Norm and I had been married for one year when he announced that it was time we spent Christmas in Chicago with...

The Mountain Gardener | Plants Add Fall Color to Halloween Garden

October 26, 2023

It’s beginning to look like Halloween in my neighborhood with chrysanthemums and pumpkins on porches, skeletons and ghouls decorating front doors and posts on...

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The Mountain Gardener | Finding Our Horticultural History

TherapyWorks | The Summer Slide Nobody Talks About

The Mountain Gardener | Knee High by This Year’s 4th of July

Plain Talk About Food | It’s Time for Artichokes

Finance | Annuities for Costly Security

SOCIAL MEDIA

Big Basin rebuild plan approved by state

DUI driver sentenced in crash that injured Boulder Creek Pizza owner

Santa Cruz County earns state fire risk reduction designation

News Briefs | Published July 2, 2026

Duplex fire displaces residents in Scotts Valley