Tag: columns
The Mountain Gardener | Plants Add Fall Color to Halloween Garden
It’s beginning to look like Halloween in my neighborhood with chrysanthemums and pumpkins on porches, skeletons and ghouls decorating front doors and posts on...
TherapyWorks | Physical and Emotional Signs of Depression
October is Depression Awareness Month. Depression is a silent battle that millions of people face. It's a complex mental health condition that doesn't discriminate....
The Mountain Gardener | Controlling Erosion the Right Way
Not long ago I got a call from a homeowner with a very bare, very steep slope behind his house that was in dire...
Guest Column | The ‘Why’ Behind Measure W for a New...
This month, the voters of the Scotts Valley Fire District will be asked whether to invest $22.2 million into a new fire station and...
Plain Talk About Food | Oh Them Apples!
It was many years ago…I believe it would have been in late September, when Sister Agnes Marie corralled me, telling me to put on...
The Mountain Gardener | Japanese Maples in the Fall
I’m starting to see the beginning of fall color on some trees. It’s an exciting time of year. My friend, Kate, in Bonny Doon...
Guest Column | New Police Officers Join Scotts Valley
Scotts Valley works hard to maintain a full complement of community-oriented police officers. This article introduces recently hired Police Officers Seavana Patzke and Vitani...
Fitness | Fitness Helps Seasonal Depression
It’s that time again: The days get shorter with daylight savings, and poor weather conditions start to arrive.
This is where seasonal affective disorder takes...
The Mountain Gardener | Plant News You Can Use
A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye: Hot weather cherries, drought resistant melons and six other crops that are being...
Plain Talk About Food | The ‘Mysterious’ Lentil
Having been raised by an order of nuns from France, eating lentils was as commonplace as eating potatoes for me, both as a child...
Local tourism reaches more than $1.4B in Santa Cruz County region
As National Travel and Tourism Week reaches its midpoint in the United States, Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) announced that the local tourism industry...
