LIFE'S A GARDEN

Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.

Apr 85 min read

I’ll Take My Chances

A FEW ARTICLES BACK I told the tall tale of the Mt. Ranier climb. I mentioned that although I enjoyed the technical stuff for something...

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Mar 308 min read

If You Don’t Challenge Me, I Will

I do like to challenge myself. I get a kick out having some private goals that seem laughably impossible to reach. These self...

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Mar 264 min read

Calendars: An Important Gardening Tool

It takes me about this long to get 2023 put away and admit that 2024 has taken over. Every year it takes me about this long to put the...

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Mar 196 min read

Weed Free

This time of year is the funnest and most difficult time. It’s exciting because our change of weather keeps it interesting, we are...

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Mar 107 min read

Do the Hustle

Looks to me like things are about to get real around the Mississippi gardening world. This weeks temperatures are hovering around the...

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Mar 44 min read

Sunshine on my Shoulder

I enjoyed my February in a lot of ways. All the reasons seem to be weather related so maybe I should say I enjoyed February’s weather....

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Feb 247 min read

Mother Nature

I was thinking about a trip that Mimi and I took to Jamaica. We were ready for a break and our slow season had arrived. By that time we...

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Feb 165 min read

Big Bamboo

So far so good with our winter weather. We have now had some very low temperatures with no ice or snow. I ran around covering things from...

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Feb 124 min read

What Day is It?

The week after new years is one of our weeks that Mimi and I slip away. After the 2 month long retail Christmas and the “real” christmas...

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Feb 34 min read

The Search Begins

It has been kind of nice to look around outside in my yard and just driving around town. With winter cold here it is easier to forget how...

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Jan 274 min read

Make My Day

These are the quiet days, a major part of gardening, that I enjoy and get excited about. On these quiet days of winter I get a chance to...

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Jan 204 min read

Got a Buzz

I am sitting in my 1967 greyhound bus converted into a camper. It’s toasty in here although the high temperature for today has already...

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