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Santa Cruz Mountains Gin Columns Food & Drink 

Mountain Fermenter: Making Your Own Gin, Santa Cruz Mountains Style

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By Greg Roe and Mike Desmidt How can I make gin at home without a still, you ask? Well, you can skip that part, because someone’s already done the distillation for you. It’s called vodka. Gin is pretty much a vodka with botanicals added. Gin distillers extract most botanical flavors using the distillation process, but you can simply steep the… Read More
Wildwood Woodland Road Neighborhood Fire Recovery Local News 

Fire Recovery: The Wildwood Woodland Neighborhood

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By Antonia Bradford There is a certain personality that is drawn to living in the mountains. People who have a great love and respect for nature. Independent, yet value community and connection. It’s what makes the San Lorenzo Valley such an amazing community to live. The people of the Wildwood Woodland neighborhood, just north of Boulder Creek, are no different.… Read More
Wisteria Arbor pathway Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening 

Spring Gardening: Arbors and Trellises

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By Josh Reilly “Arbors and Trellises” sounds like the title of a 70s soft-rock album, brimming with meaning. A reference to lofty, light weight, airy structures, often geometric and angular in form, but built to provide living space for winding, cascading plants, all curves and knots, billows and waves, tendrils and holdfasts. Things that prefer to live up in the breeze.… Read More
Look Act Inspire SLV Museum Environment Events 

Thu-Sun through 6/30 Look. Act. Inspire. Sustaining and Expanding the Community of Naturalists in Santa Cruz County

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The Norris Center for Natural History opened an in-person exhibit at the new San Lorenzo Valley Museum Felton branch location in the former library on Gushee Street. The exhibit will June 30. The exhibit – “Look. Act. Inspire. Sustaining and Expanding the Community of Naturalists in Santa Cruz County” – displays key naturalists in SCC, featuring Fred McPherson who had a strong impact… Read More
Chris Clayton Realtor Local News Valley People 

Valley Neighbors: Chris Clayton Helps Fire Families

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By Antonia Bradford Before the CZU fire the housing market in Santa Cruz County was already difficult with high demands and little inventory. After the fire it became nearly impossible. Fire victims, after losing everything, were thrust into a rental market that now was even tighter than before. Chris Clayton, a Realtor with Anderson Christie Real Estate in Felton, was… Read More