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Pear

The Mountain Gardener | The Magic of Planting Edibles from Bare...

A visit to any of our local nurseries at this time of year is like a visit to the candy store for a gardener....
Prayer Plant or Maranta

The Mountain Gardener | Good Houseplants for You & Your Home

I look out my sliding glass doors and see tall redwoods and stately oaks, but on the inside I enjoy the green and sometimes...
Garden

The Mountain Gardener | What’s New? Gardening Trends for 2026

I like to keep up with new garden research as well as the new trends. We humans started growing food about 12,000 years ago...
White biers aka Candytuft

The Mountain Gardener | The 2026 Pantone Color of the Year

Last year Pantone chose Mocha Mousse as their color of the year, which I’m sure looks great in a living room but the garden?...
Lily-of-the-Valley shrub

The Mountain Gardener | Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year 2026

Well, it’s happened again—we made it around the sun once more. As the calendar turns to a New Year, these are some of my...
Hydrangea Christmas tree

The Mountain Gardener | ’Twas the Night Before Christmas 2025—A Poem...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the garden,The creatures were stirring, the deer got a pardon. The hummingbird feeders were hung by the...
Christmas Cactus

The Mountain Gardener | Holiday Traditions From the Garden and Home

Every year as I get down the Christmas decorations I think about past holidays with friends and family. Who was that well-fed baby in...
Poinsettia

The Mountain Gardener | Beware of Toxic Holiday Plants This Season

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...
Flowering Maple

The Mountain Gardener | Thoughts for the Garden After Thanksgiving Day

The weekend after Thanksgiving I like to get my Christmas tree and put it outside in a bucket of water until I’m ready to...
Sunset

The Mountain Gardener | A Poem of 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...

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News Briefs

News Briefs | Published June 12, 2026

Motorcyclist killed in Highway 9 crash A 30-year-old Martinez man died Sunday after his motorcycle crashed along Highway 9 north of Boulder Creek, according to...