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The Mountain Gardener | Great Flowers for Year-Round Bouquets

June 19, 2026

Plain Talk About Food | The Fifth Commandment: ‘Honor Thy Father and Mother’

Guest Column | Keynote Speech to the Scotts Valley High School Class of 2026

Finance | Day Trading: A Base Jumper’s Investment Philosophy

The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden

California Natives for Fall Planting

September 24, 2021

Beautiful beginning-of-fall weather is here and you may be thinking of what plants you want to add to your garden this fall planting season....

What to Do in the Garden in September

September 10, 2021

Now that you’ve treated yourself to a few new unthirsty perennials that bloom late in the season it’s time to start working on that...

More Resources Coming to San Lorenzo Valley

September 10, 2021

Due to a surge in Covid-19 infections brought on by the delta variant of the virus this summer, there will now be a mobile...

My Traveling Shoes

September 10, 2021

Taking my traveling shoes down from the top shelf of my closet, I was surprised to find almost two years of dust had collected...

California Natives for Spectacular Containers

August 27, 2021

Adding California natives to my collection of container plants has been a goal for a long time. Besides attracting birds and wildlife to the...

Scotts Valley Storytellers Speak

August 27, 2021

Who doesn't like a good story? The brief history of storytelling takes us from primitive dance to digital narration. Human storytelling has been passed down...

Battling invasive plants and diseases

August 23, 2021

I have a nice Improved Meyer Lemon tree where I live. Because of water restrictions by the Big Basin Water Company, it doesn’t get...

Fragrance in the garden

August 13, 2021

A couple of years ago I bought a dwarf butterfly bush and planted it in a pot near my entry. It’s one of the...

Think Local First

August 3, 2021

Last year challenged us, not just globally and nationally, but, especially, locally. We know what happened here with the businesses shutting down and stay-at-home...

The dog days of summer are here

July 30, 2021

They’re called the dog days of summer. You know, those sultry days with the hottest summer temperatures. The name “dog star” comes from the...

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The Mountain Gardener | Great Flowers for Year-Round Bouquets

Plain Talk About Food | The Fifth Commandment: ‘Honor Thy Father and Mother’

Guest Column | Keynote Speech to the Scotts Valley High School Class of 2026

Finance | Day Trading: A Base Jumper’s Investment Philosophy

The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden

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