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January 15, 2025

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Flowers

The Mountain Gardener | The Cutting Garden

The assignment: create a cutting garden. For a designer this is the best kind of request. Until about 100 years ago, one of the...
Gardening

The Mountain Gardener | Gardening Tips for Sandy Soil

Many years ago I started writing a book about gardening in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One of many interesting subjects I researched was the...
Mulch

The Mountain Gardener | What’s Sheet Mulching

Boy, was I impressed. Not long ago I was at a garden to consult with a new client on some upgrades they envisioned for...
Mulch

The Mountain Gardener | Why Mulch

Mulch is not a very exciting subject, but it sure is important to the health and productivity of your garden. It’s great that everyone has...
Garden

The Mountain Gardener | Garden Inspiration at the Gamble Garden Tour

Looking at your yard and thinking “This year I’m finally going to make some changes and enjoy my garden more”? Take my advice: go...
Flowers

The Mountain Gardener | All About Fragrant Flowers

Is everything blooming now fragrant or is it just me? Does Mother Nature have a card up her sleeve to insure pollinators find nectar...
Garden

The Mountain Gardener | Spring is Busting Out All Over

Every spring when the dogwoods, lilac and wisteria bloom I get excited. Not having room myself for these beauties, I visit friends’ gardens often....
Garden

The Mountain Gardener | Things to Do on Earth Day 2024

If the partial eclipse had fallen on Earth Day, it would have been the perfect trifecta as Jupiter and Venus were also visible that...
Gardening plants soil

The Mountain Gardener | How the Health of Your Soil Affects...

“The spoil is made of butterfly wings, dinosaur teeth, pumpkin sees, lizard skins and fallen leaves. Put your hands in the soil and touch...
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The Mountain Gardener | News You Can Use About Bees

A friend of mine lamented that she didn’t have many bees in her garden yet. I reassured her they are out and about and...

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Final paving, striping on Highway 9 continues this week

A major maintenance paving project continues on Highway 9 between El Solyo Heights Drive in Felton and California Drive in Ben Lomond. Travelers on Highway...