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March 10, 2026

The Mountain Gardener

Feeling blue: Help your garden seem bigger than it is

New Faces

n Molly Marie Horner was born at 12:25 p.m. June 17, 2011, to Shyra Marie and Andrew Thomas Horner of Scotts Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces when she arrived at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Your Health: Learn about full-body x-rays at the airport

With the arrival of summer, many of us will be traveling by airplane. Those of us who are older than 50 can remember going in and out of airports free of any type of security measures. Now, to board a plane, we have to nearly disrobe, get patted down and, most recently, pass through full-body scanners that take an image of our body.

Nature Friendly: Loch Lomond turns 50

To celebrate Loch Lomond’s 50th anniversary, I have organized another free watershed walk with the reservoir’s estimable caretakers: Chris Berry, manager of Santa Cruz Water Resources, and Chief Ranger Scot Lang.

The Mountain Gardener: Summer in the garden at long last

Summer has finally arrived. It took a while, a long while this year, but now we can enjoy nice weather and our beautiful gardens. The extra rainfall (which continues to fall) has allowed many trees, shrubs and perennials to grow lush and full like never before.

Let’s go fishin’: Changing tides

The lack of wind has brought the water temperatures up, and our local fishing has been changing. Salmon fishing has started to wane, while inshore species provide fishing action for Santa Cruz fishermen. The weather has been calm, and sea conditions are nice for boaters.

Datebook: 4th of July festivities on tap

Saturday, July 2

Datebook

Submit Datebook items to [email protected], or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

Club Roundup

Scotts Valley Rotary Club

The Mountain Gardener: Like a ‘candy bar’ for your plants

I have to chuckle when I see someone admiring a basket of blooming fuchsias.

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

Caltrans crews will conduct a vegetation control project north of Scotts Valley next week, which will result in the daytime closure of one lane...