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Winter Pot Pie with Drop Biscuit Blanket

January 21, 2023June 13, 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

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

January in the Garden

January 19, 2023June 7, 2023 slvpost.comgardening0 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

Column: MC Dwyer Columns Real Estate

New Beginnings

January 12, 2023September 28, 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

Column Alison Steele Columns Food & Drink

Chanterelles with Roasted Garlic & Fig

December 23, 2022June 13, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele Barter is big amongst the gardeners, foragers, beekeepers, artisans, and musicians here. We’ve already embraced the fact that we need each other, especially in the wintertime when pockets of sunlight are few and far between. In order to vibrate on a higher level and keep our hives warm we must rely on winter bearing fruit trees like… Read More

Columns Government

New Year’s Resolutions

December 20, 2022January 31, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Jayme Ackemann Santa Cruz County’s Governmental Center at 701 Ocean Street in Santa Cruz In the San Lorenzo Valley, it appears, 2022 voters were largely satisfied to let their elected incumbents keep doing their jobs. Incumbents seem to be holding their jobs regardless of which institution they served, with few exceptions. * Full Disclosure, I was an appointed incumbent… Read More

Column: Josh Reilly Columns Gardening

The Warm Colors of Winter

December 14, 2022June 7, 2023 slvpost.comgardening0 comment

By Josh Reilly December is upon us and with it, the hot-colored Holiday blooms of Amaryllis. These bulbs are often stashed in a cool, dark spot and potted in October or November. Those from in the Southern Hemisphere will flower this month, and February and March, for bulbs from the Northern Hemisphere (often the Netherlands). December blooming buds should be… Read More

Catie Cadge Astrology Reading December 2022

Astrology Columns

December Astrology: Holiday Love and Celestial Magic

December 4, 2022December 9, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Catie Cadge, PhD Holiday love and celestial magic is upon us! December opens with mystical and visionary Neptune stationing direct at 22°39’ Pisces on the 3rd. Both Mercury and Venus in Sagittarius square Neptune and also Jupiter early in the month. Our intuition and imagination are powerful and we want to share our visions for the future with others.… Read More

Column Alison Steele Columns Food & Drink

Three Sisters Cornbread

November 12, 2022June 13, 2023 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