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The Mountain Gardener | The Magic of Planting Edibles from Bare Root

January 23, 2026

Fitness | Fall Prevention: Balance Matters at Any Age

TherapyWorks | Setting Goals That Support Your Mental Health

Finance | Generation X: Financial Success by Osmosis

The Mountain Gardener | Good Houseplants for You & Your Home

The Mountain Gardener | The Cutting Garden

June 6, 2024

The assignment: create a cutting garden. For a designer this is the best kind of request. Until about 100 years ago, one of the...

Finance | What Is Financial Life Planning?

May 31, 2024

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” —Socrates I am an evangelist for financial life planning! I preach it, practice it and donate it to...

TherapyWorks | Understanding and Addressing Anxiety in Kids

May 30, 2024

Children can get anxiety just like adults. Whether it’s adjusting to the changes at school or home, social anxiety, separation anxiety, or generalized anxiety...

The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

May 30, 2024

Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...

Mayor’s Message | Like a Good Neighbor… Not!

May 24, 2024

When Scotts Valley City Manager Mali LaGoe suggested hosting a community meeting to address the ongoing wildfire threat and the accompanying insurance crisis, there...

Plain Talk About Memorial Day | Where Have All the Buddy’s Gone?

May 24, 2024

It was in 1955 when the Kingston Trio first sang “Where Have All the Young Men Gone,” written by Pete Seeger about all the...

Fitness | How Fitness Keeps You Young

May 23, 2024

Have you seen certain folks that look much older than they are? Their skin looks weathered and dry, their posture is tilted forward sitting...

The Mountain Gardener | What’s Sheet Mulching

May 23, 2024

Boy, was I impressed. Not long ago I was at a garden to consult with a new client on some upgrades they envisioned for...

Letter to the Editor | Published May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024

Concern over Scotts Valley’s housing plan I’m puzzled by the Scotts Valley Council’s exuberance to change our Housing Element and modify the Town Center proposal...

Finance | Buckets for Budgeting

May 16, 2024

1. Financial Planning is budgeting to allocate money that finances dreams. At age 20, Sam simply cooked the finest barbecue cuisine for Sequoia weddings and...

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The Mountain Gardener | The Magic of Planting Edibles from Bare Root

Fitness | Fall Prevention: Balance Matters at Any Age

TherapyWorks | Setting Goals That Support Your Mental Health

Finance | Generation X: Financial Success by Osmosis

The Mountain Gardener | Good Houseplants for You & Your Home

SOCIAL MEDIA

Scotts Valley declares emergency over sinkhole at key intersection

Overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton begins Tuesday

News Briefs | Published Jan. 16, 2026

California State Parks to conduct pile burning at Big Basin, Henry...

One week of overnight traffic control on Highway 9 in Felton...