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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 | Forest Bathing in the Santa Cruz Mountains

April 7, 2023

Most of us around here either live in a forest or near one. We are no strangers to nature as some city dwellers might...

Guest Column | Town Hall to Discuss Storm Response and Recovery

April 3, 2023

Severe storms that have pelted Santa Cruz County for the last three months have caused a great deal of damage to public and private...

Guest Column | Take Me Home, Scotts Valley

March 31, 2023

Why is everyone talking about housing? Housing is too expensive and there are not enough homes. Many Scotts Valley workers cannot afford to live...

Guest Column | All About the Rosie I Know

March 31, 2023

I received a phone call just at sunset from my friend Rosemary “Rosie” Chalmers two weeks ago. Usually Rosie is in bed at that...

The Mountain Gardener | Trees and Shrubs: Spring Survivors

March 31, 2023

Nature is amazing. No matter how heavy the rain or gusty the wind, flowering trees and shrubs haven’t missed putting on their much-awaited spring...

TherapyWorks | Food Plays Important Role in Mental Health

March 24, 2023

They say you are what you eat, and what we eat plays an important role in our mental health—everything from how we sleep, to...

Plain Talk About Food | Bacon In My Chowder?

March 24, 2023

It was cold and raining (when hasn’t it been?) as I stepped from my warm car in front of Stagnaro’s Fish Market on the...

The Mountain Gardener | Is Spring Really Here?

March 24, 2023

Spring IS here, at least according to the calendar. Weather Underground has predicted rain or the chance of rain for many of the remaining...

The Mountain Gardener | Green Flowers & Foliage in the Garden

March 17, 2023

Wearing something green on St. Patrick’s Day has been a tradition since emigrants, particularly in the United States, transformed the holiday into a largely...

My Celtic Cross

March 10, 2023

The Irish believe the Celtic cross represents the human desire to discover and experience the mystery of life. This cross symbolizes it as a...

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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