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The Harmon Mill on Bear Creek Road Boulder Creek

Streetwise History: Harmon Street Boulder Creek

July 7, 2020June 17, 2025 slvpost.combouldercreek, history2 Comments

Have you ever thought about how the street where you live got its name? In this series of articles we will look at street names in the San Lorenzo Valley and explore the history hidden in their names. Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food

July 6, 2020July 24, 2020 slvpost.comagriculture, food&drink, sustainability0 comment

By Penny Ellis I remember the first time I realized that conventional farming was damaging to the Earth. Back in the mid 70s, my boyfriend’s father hired us to work his farm in Buford, Ohio to help bankroll our move to Seattle. His father had 300 acres of corn, soybeans, and tobacco. We did the entire process, disking the soil,… Read More

Columns Health

Heart’s Ease & Nourishing Herbs

July 5, 2020July 6, 2025 slvpost.comwellness0 comment

Easing the heart and lifting the spirits with herbs and tea from Aum Herb Apothecary in Boulder Ceek Read More

Columns Tech

Technology Backwoods: Rural Internet

July 5, 2020June 15, 2025 slvpost.cominternet, rural life, technology1 Comment

Rural internet in the San Lorenzo Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Read More

Summer salvias July gardening in San Lorenzo Valley California

Columns Gardening

Summer Salvias with the Ben Lomond Gardener

July 3, 2020July 7, 2025 slvpost.comben lomond, gardening, salvias, summer gardening0 comment

Summer gardening with the Ben Lomond Gardener. Uncle Skip brings us Read More

Columns Government Politics

Liberty or Death

July 3, 2020July 11, 2025 slvpost.comgovernment, Politics0 comment

Separation of church and black lives matter, Give me liberty or give me death - the mandate of restrictions to safeguard public health Read More

Astrology Columns

Cosmic Weather Report July 2020

July 3, 2020June 10, 2025 Catie Cadge, PhDastrology, columnists0 comment

Evolutionary Astrology of the moment, your moment in time, our collective moment of change! Read More

Columns Coronavirus

Everything Was Great, Until it Wasn’t: Recalling a Flagship Moment Aboard the Grand Princess

July 1, 2020July 9, 2025 slvpost.comCOVID-19, pandemic0 comment

Recalling a Flagship Moment Aboard the Grand Princess during the time of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Read More

Columns Food & Drink

Don’t Fear the Fava

July 1, 2020June 27, 2025 slvpost.comFood0 comment

What really piqued our interest this week was the unfairly maligned FAVA BEAN! It’s reputation was all but destroyed by that awful Hannibal Lecter, but we’re here to tell you, don’t fear the fava. It really is a highly underutilized broad bean that grows well around here and is sometimes used as a cover crop. A larger bean with a... Read More

Gathering of mourners for Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller

Columns Community Local News

Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller: A Community Mourns

June 18, 2020July 6, 2020 slvpost.comcommunity0 comment

Essay by Christina Wise on the ambush and killing of Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller and ensuing community activism Read More