Tag: opinion
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...
Plain Talk About Food | A Fresh Beginning
Opening the door of my refrigerator to pull out ingredients for a new recipe I am trying or walking the path in my garden...
Scotts Valley School Bell | Back to School in 2026
I hope you all had a peaceful and joyous holiday season. Your Scotts Valley schools have been back from break since Jan. 5, and...
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...
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?...
Finance | Partnership and LLC Planning
Partnerships, filing March 17, enable two or more individuals or business entities to work together as a single business. Partnerships enable combinations of bright...
Plain Talk About Food | A PG&E Christmas
I had my grocery list in hand while stuffing a bag full of string beans for our Christmas dinner last week at Safeway market....
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...
Strictly Business | A Year-End Gratitude List of Women in Business
Perhaps you missed one of the articles this year that highlighted the collective power of women shaping the local business ecosystem.
As this year winds...
Fitness | Healthy Habits Rather Than New Year’s Resolutions
Now is the time we all are thinking of changing a thing or two for 2026 to improve our lives. Many of us use...
Three candidates vie for two Scotts Valley council seats
Mike Zeller, the director of programming and project delivery for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, is the relative newcomer on the Scotts Valley...
