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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Spring has Sprung
I might say this almost every year but I mean it this time when I say this has been one of my favorite springs yet. I mean that as a...
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2 hours ago5 min read
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Raising Weird Kids
I’m sure everyone has seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation when Chevy Chase gets locked in his attic. After he finds enough of his...
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Apr 116 min read
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April Fool
I love tearing off that calendar page and seeing that April is upon us. This spring has been unbelievably smooth as it slowly sashays...
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Apr 45 min read
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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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Mar 285 min read
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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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