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September 10, 2025

Air Bee & Bee

Reporter Sean Rusev explores the beauty and value of pollinator gardens in Good Times’ Fall Home and Garden issue.
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.Cover Stories
September 10, 2025

Feral Lawns

A quiet revolution is unfolding across Bay Area suburbs. The meaning of a “nice yard” is being redefined—a wilder approach to home landscaping.
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September 9, 2025

Soothing Waters

Whether teeming with koi or left fishless, ponds cast their spell through sound and movement. In Japan, Koi fish are called living jewels.
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Weird to Wonderful

In Santa Cruz, where the bohemian spirit lives on in every mosaic mailbox and sun-dappled porch, home décor is more than a style—it's a story.
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Apple Upgrade

Headed up by local farmer Sam Earnshaw, a crew of workers recently spread out across the seven-acre Hikari Farm on Freedom Boulevard, where organic Fuji apples grow.
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Growing Interest

Gareth Shepherd was one of the 12 founding members who joined the Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai in late 1988 and helped organize their first annual bonsai exhibit.
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Spring Cleansing

Societies throughout history, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Greece used crystals for their healing properties
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Dirty Deeds

Gardening is an art. And like any form of creative expression, the beginning can be a bit of a gamble. At the start of a garden project, one doesn’t know if they’ll end up with the green thumb equivalent of the Mona Lisa or perhaps more of a preschool finger painting.
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Resources

Allterra Solar 207-B McPherson St., Santa Cruz 831-425-2608, allterrasolar.com American Leisure Patio 1118 Ocean St., Santa Cruz    831-423-2425, americanleisurepatio.com Annieglass 310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville 800-347-6133, annieglass.com APPI Pool and Spa 1527 Commercial Way B,...
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.Home and Garden
April 23, 2025

Sustainable Straw

While being a woman in the trades is challenging, Landegger was hired by a variety of male contractors, who helped develop her into a highly skilled carpenter.
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.Home and Garden
April 22, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE

We are an antique capital and people come from all over to shop here for unusual items. It’s another of the things that makes Santa Cruz so great.
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