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September 5, 2025

Tag: gardens and gardening

The Mountain Gardener | Make Your Own Holiday Wreath

The call came last week reminding me of a much awaited annual holiday event. The Kelly’s wreath making party in Felton is something I...

The Mountain Gardener | What to Know About Holiday Plants

To kick off this year’s holiday season, I plan to add some color to cheer up my houseplant selection. Sometimes I give friends and...

The Mountain Gardener | Happy Thanksgiving

Once upon a time when our area was under waterthere were no parks or trails or trees or gardens.I'm thankful that our mountains rose...

The Mountain Gardener | Propagating to Increase Your Plant Collection

Warm days, short days, cold days and hopefully rainy days—all in the fall of the year here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s part...

The Mountain Gardener | Changing Seasons

It happened last Sunday morning at 2am. That’s when daylight saving time ended and clocks went back an hour. Sure I got an extra...

The Mountain Gardener | Awesome Grasses

Outside my front door are several Overdam Feather Reed Grasses that are spectacular when backlit by late afternoon sun. What’s not to love about...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Scotts Valley firefighters praised for quick response to fuel spill

Traffic was snarled for hours on the primary route between Silicon Valley and the Monterey Bay when a truck carrying 8,600 gallons of fuel...