Tag: horticulture
The Mountain Gardener | Watering the Right Way
Think like a plant. The weather might be cool one day, really hot the next day. And your plants are growing like mad in...
The Mountain Gardener | Great Flowers for Year-Round Bouquets
Want to be able to walk outside and pick some flowers to take to a friend’s house or bring inside to enjoy yourself? Not...
The Mountain Gardener | A Day in an Enchanted Garden
I’ve visited this garden in Bonny Doon many times, including when my friend Kate was part of the Valley Churches Garden Tour back in...
The Mountain Gardener | All About Ceanothus
When the huge numbers of California Tortoiseshell butterflies showed up around here recently, I learned a lot about the different species of ceanothus and...
The Mountain Gardener | Butterflies Galore
Recently we were visited by hundreds of butterflies. One made it into the house as they fluttered around me when I opened the screen...
The Mountain Gardener | Why You Should Plant California Natives
Most of us would love to have a garden containing all California native plants growing happily in an ecosystem where everybody wins—birds, bees, insects,...
The Mountain Gardener | What Can Your Soil Do For You?
“The soil is made of butterfly wings, dinosaur teeth, pumpkin seeds, lizard skins and fallen leaves. Put your hands in the soil and touch...
The Mountain Gardener | Dogwoods in the Garden
I don’t know if I like the pink ones or the white ones best. A flowering dogwood in any shade is stunning. My friend...
The Mountain Gardener | How to Live in Peace with a...
Wisteria are one of those vines that you either long for or lament ever having planted. They are all fragrant with a delicious sweet...
The Mountain Gardener | Integrated Pest Management in the Garden
I go out into my little garden and look around daily to enjoy the early spring bloomers. But what’s this? Some of the hellebores...
Workforce report highlights job growth, economic challenges in Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board has released its 2026 State of the Workforce report, providing an overview of local employment trends, wage data...
