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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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martinsonsgw
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20225 min read
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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martinsonsgw
Jun 11, 20225 min read
Marital Bliss
DURING THE FIRST year after Mimi and I got married Mimi was teaching English literature and coaching cross country at Madison Ridgeland...
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martinsonsgw
Jun 3, 20223 min read
A Happy Accident
MEMORIAL DAY IS BEHIND us. We all got a paid day off and hopefully either had some people over or went to someone’s place to acknowledge...
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martinsonsgw
May 27, 20225 min read
Give Them the Finger
THIS ARTICLE WILL be coming out just before the last Monday in May. Memorial Day, the day that Americans remember those people who made...
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martinsonsgw
May 21, 20225 min read
Movie Stars & Camels
WE HAVE MADE it to mid May. The fear of frost is well behind us, now the fear of the heat is on. I think last year was the hottest year...
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martinsonsgw
May 13, 20227 min read
Pioneer Nurserymen Change Landscape
MY GRANDFATHER, my dad's father, lived his last 10 years with us in Madison. We built him his own little apartment so he wouldn't feel in...
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martinsonsgw
May 6, 20224 min read
Might as Well
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE we have made it to May already. April was a blurry memory with lots of nice rain. We are starting this year off with...
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martinsonsgw
Apr 29, 20225 min read
Visitors From South Africa
I WAS STARING OUT my kitchen window in a daze while I mulled over what this week’s article would be about. I have plenty more travel...
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martinsonsgw
Apr 23, 20226 min read
Exploration
THE NORTHSIDE SUN has allowed me a lot of freedom to write about all things agriculture in my life. Whether the story has to do with time...
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martinsonsgw
Apr 15, 20224 min read
Old Wives’ Tale Prevails Again
MIMI AND I LOOKED at the calendar and saw that Good Friday is upon us. We had decided earlier this spring we were going to follow the old...
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