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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Satisfaction
This will be the last edition of the Northside Sun before Christmas. This past year has been an interesting one for sure. The year was...
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Dec 134 min read
Making Spirits Bright
We have one more full week to get ready for Christmas celebrations. Hopefully you have found the perfect Christmas tree and some great...
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Dec 47 min read
It Is What It Is
This has been an interesting fall. November was so warm and we received enough rain to keep things seeming like spring time. I know a lot...
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Dec 25 min read
Life Changing Experience
The saga from my trip to India continues this week. I was at a point of the story where I was steadily climbing up towards a pass I had...
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Nov 225 min read
Trekking Towards the Himalaya
THE LAST TIME I wrote about my adventure in northern India I had gone as far north as I could get by bus. I acclimatized for eight days...
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Nov 158 min read
Beyond the Norm
This is the time of year that the weather finally relaxes a bit. The days are shorter and cooler, the rain begins to fall and our plants...
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Nov 76 min read
Mountain Folk
The last time I wrote about my adventure in India I had acclimatize for 10 days in Kashmir, I was ready to head farther into the...
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Nov 16 min read
Jewels Of Kashmir
I was finishing my junior year at Mississippi State and my self-proclaimed deadline to save up enough money to go to India for three...
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Oct 253 min read
Showtime!
This weekend is one that Mimi and I have been prepping for 25 years. Our son max is marrying Madeline McPherson Saturday. These two have...
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Oct 117 min read
Squirrel Jerky
This past weekend Mimi and I left Garden Works mid morning to head to Fondren for the Bottle Tree festival. We weren’t sure we would be...
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Oct 48 min read
Plants, Pumpkins & Pinot Time
Finally October has shown up on the map. I dream all summer about the day that I can roll that calendar page over to my favorite month of...
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Sep 267 min read
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree
I CAN REMEMBER when I was in the third grade and going to St. Richard’s catholic school my father came home with the news that we were...
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