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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Dirt Daubers
LAST WEEKEND MIMI AND I attended a wedding in Clarksdale. A great friend of our family married a new favorite friend of ours whose family...
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Nov 4, 20226 min read


Like a Dream
LAST NIGHT I ASKED Mimi if our new seed rack had come into the garden center. I am ready to plant carrots and some other fall and winter...
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Oct 28, 20226 min read


Window Farming
THIS PAST WEEKEND Mimi and I decided that if the stars aligned that we would be prepared for a funday Sunday. At least a funday in our...
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Oct 22, 20225 min read


My Job as a Peace Corps Volunteer
THIS SEEMS LIKE a good time to think about becoming self sufficient in our lives. It looks like we are going to be at home with our...
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Oct 14, 20226 min read


Scarlet Begonias
MY FAVORITE MONTH of the year has arrived. October is that month the humidity seems to release its grip, the temperatures begin to...
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Oct 8, 20228 min read


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...
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Sep 23, 20226 min read


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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Sep 17, 20224 min read


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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Sep 9, 20225 min read


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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Sep 2, 20228 min read


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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Aug 13, 20226 min read


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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Aug 5, 20226 min read


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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Aug 1, 20225 min read
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