LIFE'S A GARDEN

Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.

Mar 18, 20206 min read

Vines Add A Statment To Garden

Now that we are deep into March, I look back on the month and even February and January. We have had more rainfall then we've had in a...

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Mar 12, 20205 min read

Time In The Yard

This is the time of year that people are sticking their toes into the yard. It is a little early to pull up the pansies and the other...

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Mar 6, 20205 min read

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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Feb 28, 20204 min read

Time For Pre-Summer Tasks

This weekend Mimi and I sneaked out of town to visit our daughter in Greenville, S.C. Greenville looked and felt a lot like our hometown....

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Feb 21, 20206 min read

Change Also Affects Gardening

Our world has changed so much so fast. There are people still living that remember when space exploration was a seemingly impossible...

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Feb 14, 20204 min read

Yards, Nurseries, & True 'Local'

I spend a lot of time in the woods in nearby Yazoo County. On my drive to get there I get to see what is happening in the country yards....

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Feb 6, 20204 min read

Calendars— An Important Gardening Tool

It takes me about this long to get 2019 put away and admit that 2020 has taken over. Every year it takes me about this long to put the...

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Jan 31, 20203 min read

LIFE'S A GARDEN ... DIG IT!

This year has started off to be one of big changes and realizations for me. The events that have occurred already are not bad ones, nor...

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