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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Pescado!
About a month ago, I found myself with a wonderful opportunity. A great family friend told us that if we were going to revisit his family...
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Aug 18, 20236 min read


Summer is Knocking
Last week I wrote about coming home from Costa Rica. It occurred to me that I had some cool stuff going on in my world just before...
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Aug 11, 20234 min read


Family
Today I’m sitting in the airport in San Jose,Costa Rica. I’m on my home after experiencing a mind blowing trip hosted by an old buddy of...
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Aug 4, 20234 min read


What’s Next
I've been thinking about the observations I've been making in my yard and other yards I've visited this year. It occurs to me that maybe...
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Jul 31, 20233 min read


Mascara is Running - Bonus Bucks Time!
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 that we can start...
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Jul 23, 20236 min read


Sweltering
THIS PAST SATURDAY we were expecting a normal slow day at our garden center. It’s mid July, the real feel that day was 112°, we couldn’t...
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Jul 14, 20235 min read


Time Travel
I am happy to say that I am home on a Thursday afternoon. Yep, my yard is calling out to me but that “heat dome” is groaning even louder....
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Jul 8, 20235 min read


Creating a Good Relationship
THIS WEEKEND I was able to spend an entire day in my yard doing everything but mowing and weedeating. The smartest thing Mimi ever did...
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Jun 23, 20235 min read


Fire on the Mountain
The saga from my trip to India continues this week. I was at a point of the story where I was steadily climbing up towards a pass I had...
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Jun 17, 20235 min read


Trekking Towards the Himalaya
THE LAST TIME I wrote about my adventure in northern India I had gone as far north as I could get by bus. I acclimatized for eight days...
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Jun 8, 20235 min read


Broke on Through to the Other Side
THE LAST TIME I wrote about my adventure in India I had acclimatize for 10 days in Kashmir, I was ready to head farther into the...
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May 26, 20237 min read


Faintly Singing
IT’S BEEN PRETTY clear that travel and vacations are not going to be easy to plan for and probably just not the same as it used to be....
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May 19, 20236 min read
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