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October 11, 2025

The Mountain Gardener: Living fences make good neighbors

To quote Robert Frost from his 1914 poem “Mending Walls”: “Good fences make good neighbors.”

Plain Talk About Food: Spatchcocking a Chicken

Mention to anyone that you are serving Spatchcocked Chicken for dinner and the ladies will blush, the men will frown and the children will giggle.

New Faces

Caius Jon Eros Golling, a 4-pound 6-ounce boy, was born to Desiree Jean Ventura and Jonathan Samuel Golling of Boulder Creek at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He was born at 8:45 a.m. on July 29, 2014.

The Mountain Gardener: Notes from the Garden

They’re called the Dog Days of Summer.

Your Health: Causes, symptoms and care for peripheral neuropathy

As part of my cancer treatment journey, I have developed a pretty severe case of peripheral neuropathy of my feet. I was warned that the chemotherapy could cause neuropathy, but I didn't know it would be quite this uncomfortable.

The Mountain Gardener: Stories from a Pacific Northwest Garden – Part II

Last Christmas, I gave my sister a Beni Kawa Japanese maple. This tree sports even brighter red bark in the winter than the more familiar Coral Bark maple.

Nature Friendly: Water mismanagement intensifies drought conditions

This year, Loch Lomond never opened. There was no children’s laughter or the sight of kayaks cutting through alpine waves or a fisherman in a bucket hat decorated with lures. The fish are jumpin’ but there is no one to catch them.

New faces

Remy Patrick Platero, a 7-pound, 1-ounce boy was born to Sarah Marie (Sanchez) and Richard Patrick Platero of Scotts Valley at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. He was born at 12:19 a.m. on July 19, 2014.

Guest column: Gibbs Ranch Resort and Zayante’s lost post office

Deep in the mountains north of Scotts Valley, the residents along Weston Road may not realize that their gated community once justified its own post office.

The Mountain Gardener: Challenges of organic gardening in the Pacific Northwest — Part I

They live in a neighborhood of traditional landscaping.

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Scotts Valley police promote pedestrian safety this month

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians. According to the National...