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The Mountain Gardener | Phenology and You

March 6, 2026

Plain Talk About Food | The House Across the Street: Awaiting New Neighbors

Finance | Child Taxes After Trump Reforms

The Mountain Gardener | Tips for Planting Success This Season

Strictly Business | Using AI Without Losing Your Human Magic

The Mountain Gardener | Lessons for the Fourth of July

July 3, 2025

Earlier this year I designed the new planting area in front of the Ben Lomond Fire Station. It hasn’t been planted yet, but I...

Strictly Business | Human Magic Networking: Why Real Connection Still Wins

June 27, 2025

I wasn't going to be left behind. When social media platforms became popular and essential in the early 2000s, I hesitated. I had attended...

Mayor’s Message | Your Summer Playlist Starts Here

June 26, 2025

Summer has its own rhythm—and for those of you who, like me, love mountain biking, the outdoors and great local music, Scotts Valley is...

Plain Talk About Food | Avocados and Now Tomatoes from Mexico

June 26, 2025

Last week I was hosting a “thank you” luncheon for six of my wonderful friends—friends who support me in all my “crazy” endeavors that...

The Mountain Gardener | Looking for Horticultural Heritage in the Santa Cruz Mountains

June 26, 2025

I was talking to someone recently who said she lived in Bonny Doon. When I told her I used to live on Robles Drive...

Finance | Hedging Stocks with Real Estate Investment Trusts

June 20, 2025

“…for investment periods of 20, 25, and 30 years, the compound annual returns from equity REITs have exceeded those of the S&P 500 Index...

Letter to the Editor | Published June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025

Recognizing the need for police self-examination I was pleased and surprised to read that Scotts Valley Police Chief Walpole's response to a reported increase in...

The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden

June 19, 2025

I’ve visited this garden in Bonny Doon many times, including when my friend Kate was part of the Valley Churches Garden Tour back in...

Guest Column | Juvenile Hall Reformation

June 13, 2025

“We are always too busy for our children. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so...

The Mountain Gardener | Watering the Right Way

June 12, 2025

Think like a plant. The weather might be cool one day, really hot the next day. And your plants are growing like mad in...

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The Mountain Gardener | Phenology and You

Plain Talk About Food | The House Across the Street: Awaiting New Neighbors

Finance | Child Taxes After Trump Reforms

The Mountain Gardener | Tips for Planting Success This Season

Strictly Business | Using AI Without Losing Your Human Magic

SOCIAL MEDIA

Vegetation control project to impact Highway 17 north of Scotts Valley...

Scarborough family opens Felton Ace Hardware at shuttered Rite Aid site

News Briefs | Published March 6, 2026

‘Tales of Ben Lomond’ history talk returns to Park Hall

Road project on Highway 9 in Felton continues next week