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The Busiest Month in the Garden

March 5, 2023March 16, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly March might be the busiest month in the garden. For the Spring vegetable garden, you’re selecting and planting seeds in flats or in soil. You are prepping your veggie beds with compost, either by scratching it in with a soil rake or digging it in with a shovel. And you are knee deep in invasive Winter annual… Read More

Astrology Columns

March Astrology: Pisces Season

March 4, 2023March 15, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD March begins with some planetary joy and play! The cosmic weather starts the month with a fiery push in love’s direction, as Venus in Aries conjuncts Jupiter on March 1st. Passions fly, but remember Aries as a sign is where we need to have courage and claim our right to take up space with another. But… Read More

Columns History

A Glimpse of the Past: County Bank in Felton 1950s

February 12, 2023March 3, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Ronnie Trubek From the image above, can you tell where this bank was located? The Felton branch of the County First Savings Bank (established in 1870 as the Santa Cruz Bank of Savings and Loan) opened in November 1948. The Santa Cruz branch opened the first “Drive-up Teller” in the area in 1953. The name was officially changed in… Read More

Columns Real Estate

Bright Spots in the Real Estate Outlook

February 7, 2023February 24, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer We Santa Cruz Mountains residents are still recovering from this winter’s brutal onslaught of back-to-back atmospheric river storms. We’ve been through evacuations, multiple road closures (some of which will last for years), fallen trees and branches, slides, floods, property and electronics damage*, intermittent loss of internet and cell phone coverage, and frequent/lengthy power outages across the County.… Read More

Astrology Columns

February Stargazing Awakens the Heart

February 6, 2023February 17, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge, PhD Welcome, stargazers, to February, the most romantic month of the year! Let’s face it. With all the storms and rain this year, we could use a little Valentine love and sensual pleasure. And the cosmic sky agrees! Full steam ahead this month with our strategic plans as well, as finally all planets are moving direct. The… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Taqueria Style Fermented Carrots

February 1, 2023February 9, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Thomas Andersen My family frequents a local Mexican restaurant where the food is delicious and plentiful. But the capper is in the condiments, especially the pickled spicy carrot/jalapeno/onion medley. They won’t sell me jars of the stuff, and loading up on the little to-go cups is just not right. So, I made my own. A brief search through grandma’s… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Winter Pot Pie with Drop Biscuit Blanket

January 21, 2023February 1, 2023 slvpost.com1 Comment

By Alison Steele We find ourselves in our dark cozy homes even as the sun slowly returns. Garden greens thrive in the morning frost and root vegetables are protected below ground. The pantry is stocked with pickled vegetables and fruits from the summer. Good meat is readily available at our local markets, and friends share their fishing and hunting abundance.… Read More

Columns Gardening

January in the Garden

January 19, 2023January 31, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly We had a strange Fall season in my little “holler” in Ben Lomond in 2022. Routine heavy frosts started in late October, a little ahead of schedule, along with other autumnal anomalies. Maybe it’s the 50 F temperature swings on clear days. Maybe the rare September rain triggered plant hormonal confusion, but the Granny Smith apple tree… Read More

Columns Real Estate

New Beginnings

January 12, 2023January 21, 2023 slvpost.comreal estate0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer Reflecting back on all the people I helped last year, helping one person was essential, and the effort was one of the most challenging projects of my career: my client was living in an unsafe home on acreage. Sometimes we are called on to serve. This was a referral from a local business owner, so I was… Read More

Astrology Columns

New Years Tidings

January 1, 2023January 9, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge Happy New Year, stargazers! This month I will briefly cover January’s astrological events and then share a quick look into the year ahead. We see some big shifts in the cosmic weather in 2023. Several major planetary players enter different signs, contributing to a general cosmic feel quite distinct from 2022. The Sun and Mercury are both… Read More