Old Friends
MIMI AND I LOVE to watch the New Orleans Saints play football on TV on Sundays this time of year. We will work our Sundays around their...
LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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- Sep 17
- 4 min
Plant Nuts
MID-SEPTEMBER AND I felt a little something in the air this morning that gets me excited. After all that rain we received this summer I...
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martinsonsgw
- Sep 9
- 5 min
Shangri-La
IT’S BECOMING PRETTY clear that it’s getting easier to travel and plan vacations. Mimi and I know it’s a good thing to take a break. We...
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martinsonsgw
- Sep 2
- 8 min
Skedaddle
IT’S HARD FOR ME TO believe that we are already moving into September. The wet August has not been so bad. From my greenhouse life it’s...
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martinsonsgw
- Aug 13
- 6 min
Nature's Bartender
WE HAVE THREE WEEKS to go to spend those Bonus Bucks. At our garden center we give a Bonus Buck for every ten dollars that a customer...
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martinsonsgw
- Aug 5
- 6 min
Making Lemonade
NOW WITH THE beginning of the month of August I look back on July and even June and May. We have had more rainfall than we’ve had in a...
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martinsonsgw
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Save Yourself
AT THE END OF THIS week we can kiss July goodbye. It’s been an above average temperature July for sure and around my house in Ridgeland...
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martinsonsgw
- Jul 23
- 6 min
Everything You Do and Everything You Say
I USUALLY COME UP with my best ideas or problem solving before I get out of bed in the mornings around 4:30. Mimi and I have stuff to...
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martinsonsgw
- Jul 16
- 6 min
The World Seems a Little off Kilter
THE WORLD SEEMS a little off kilter. This seems like a good time to talk about creating your own compost at home. It’s a fun experiment,...
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martinsonsgw
- Jul 9
- 6 min
Message in a Bottle
I AM GOING TO JUMP BACK one story that I was in the middle of telling before I wrote last week‘s fall gardening tips. Mimi and I had...
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martinsonsgw
- Jul 1
- 6 min
Passing the Flower Baton! (Time to Spend those Bonus Bucks)
AS WE MOVE INTO July, I realize that we have had a nice, long spring, like one for the books. It’s not every spring we can start...
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martinsonsgw
- Jun 24
- 5 min
It's Cobbler Time
ONE OF MY FAVORITE times of the summer months is upon us. Blackberries are finally ready. I’m having luck finding them in the wild and...
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