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Three Sisters Cornbread

November 12, 2022December 2, 2022 slvpost.comcornbread, three sisters0 comment

By Alison Steele Winter squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes abound in November along with deep garnet Bloody Butcher heirloom and stout yellow popping corn. Drying beans corkscrew around the sunflower stalks that now serve as drying racks for herbs and flowers. Kept in the proper places throughout the house these native foods will keep for quite some time into the… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Canned Pears and Sparkling Pear Soda

November 7, 2022December 2, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Tom Andersen Recently after a friend delivered a boxload of freshly picked pears, I went about preserving them by canning in a medium sugar syrup. During the process of boiling the pears, I tasted the syrup and found the flavor to be quite good. Since I had two liters of this syrup left over after the canning process, I… Read More

Columns Gardening

The Warm Colors of Fall

November 6, 2022November 18, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly In September, rains brought a flush of Summery green back to our hillsides. Since then, however, with warm dry air and cool evenings, leaves are turning shades of gold, yellow, wine red, cranberry, and strawberry jam. East and West Zayante Roads are great places to see the seasons change, but you probably have your own favorite spots.… Read More

Columns Real Estate

Fall Real Estate Update

November 4, 2022November 26, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By M.C. Dwyer As the bigleaf maple leaves turn yellow and brown, one by one they break loose, spinning and swirling down onto the ground. And so it goes with home prices: we are reminded that what goes up, often comes down. In their determined fight against inflation, the Federal Reserve has been putting the brakes on our economy. Based… Read More

Astrology Columns

Astrology: Scorpio Season

November 3, 2022November 12, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD Scorpio season is a time for digging deep, revealing hidden truths and secrets. A practical application of astrology is to use moments in time and planetary activity to play the role of the “detective” and investigate our own subconscious mind and why we do what we do. What is our shadow work? Are there ways of… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Appalachian Soup Beans

October 21, 2022October 31, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele We have a few kindred spirits on the West Coast that understand the call to a hearty bowl of beans and cornbread or a hot and muggy hike atop rolling blue hills. A sweet email from a friend back in Boulder Creek got me thinking about the iconic dish that’s been served up in the mountains here… Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Roasted Merlot Grape & Chevre Crostini

October 15, 2022October 21, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

by Alison Steele Crisp fall evenings remind us to fire up our ovens and warm our homes with the sultry scents of roasted fall fruits and vegetables. Here it’s figs, red peppers, kabocha squash, pumpkins and this year, mountains of merlot grapes. The country wine making begins. We bring a few bottles up from the root cellar from seasons past… Read More

Columns Gardening

A Time of Reflection in the Garden

October 8, 2022October 21, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Josh Reilly Fall has come to the SLV. Fall, for your Uncle Skip, is a time of reflection. It is safe to say that I have fewer trips around the Sun ahead than behind. I’m not complaining. I am fortunate to have lived to see this many seasons in the garden. Winter is coming. And I am starting to… Read More

Astrology Columns

Astrology: October’s Cosmic Weather Report

October 2, 2022October 12, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge PhD Welcome to the Santa Cruz Cosmic Weather Report – Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change! October begins in Libra season with the Sun moving through the sign of artistic creativity, harmony, and relationship. Sweet Venus is also in Libra, the sign the planet rules, and opposes Jupiter in… Read More

Columns Water

A Perspective on the SLV Water District and the SLV

September 28, 2022September 29, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Mark Dolson When our family moved to Ben Lomond in 1995, I learned to write monthly checks to PG&E for energy and to San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) for water. In the years ahead, I became painfully aware of PG&E and of how oblivious it is to its fundamental responsibilities to our community. SLVWD, though, flew under my… Read More