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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Rule the Roost in your Backyard
I think back to my childhood growing up in Madison County after our family moved out from Jackson. I remember when Highway 51 was a...
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Native Plants
There is more exciting news for the horticulture world in Mississippi. On March 6th last year our Governor signed a bill into law...
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Mar 218 min read
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What Once Was a Piglet Is Now a Hog
It’s a beautiful “false” spring day in Mississippi. I can almost hear the plant and animal life coming back from the gloom. Mimi and I...
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Mar 145 min read
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Life's a Garden | The Dirt on Dirt
I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve as we are just a few days away from springing forward with our clocks back to “normal “ time. The time...
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Mar 75 min read
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For Those About to Garden, We Salute You
I’m thinking it’s time to get out to your favorite garden center to see what’s brewing. We are all loading up now with all of our new...
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Feb 286 min read
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Fun Times in New Orleans
On the very last weekend of January, Mimi and I went to the last place on earth that most people would go. When the gulf states got...
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Feb 217 min read
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Venturing on the Edge of the Extraordinary
I can feel spring trying to squeeze its way back in. I couldn’t be more excited about some warm, sunshiney days. The past few weeks have...
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Feb 145 min read
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The Good Ole Days
February is a month that I eagerly await as far as getting back into the yard. I have to admit I’ve been pretty lax in my yard since...
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Feb 76 min read
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Man’s Best Friend
I’m writing these words during the weeks before valentines. So far we’ve had a damaging cold blast but Mother Natures earlier gift to...
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Feb 15 min read
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Trial & Error
As I am trying to settle into this winter I am beginning to see just how important it is to have this “break” that winter forces a...
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Jan 247 min read
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Nerves
I knew that as the time for Mimi and I drew closer to go to market in Atlanta that the temperatures would tumble. Every year I hope that...
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Jan 178 min read
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Shnozz Berries!
January is moving on pretty quickly. Christmas has come and gone, New Years celebrations are forgotten and the left over fireworks are...
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Jan 117 min read
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