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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Sugar Magnolia
Here I am again hurrying to get to another airport so I can wait. Thank goodness for the Delta Sky Room for moments like this. We use our...
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Aug 157 min read
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Freedom
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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Aug 86 min read
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August First
August first is upon us. Now it’s time for things to really heat up! I asked a dude the other day if he felt like it was getting hotter...
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Aug 15 min read
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Sparks!
When I met Mimi during college, I was 23 and Mimi was 18 years old. I was just back from my first trip to India and my year long journey...
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Jul 2511 min read
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The Family Tree Grows
This past weekend Mimi and I did something I thought we would never do. We raced to the Jackson International Airport to catch a flight...
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Jul 188 min read
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Fox in the Henhouse
We have had so much going on the past few weeks that I don't know where to start. Our roses are fully back from their first haircut. Both...
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Jul 116 min read
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Mascara is Running!
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 46 min read
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong!
Last week I wrote about visiting some of the hidden gardens in the Northside. I’m sure there are so many more to see. I like to see young...
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Jun 279 min read
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Mississippi You're on my Mind
Over the past few weeks so much has happened for me in the gardening world. Besides getting our garden at home the way we like it and...
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Jun 207 min read
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Diddling the Berries
Last week a buddy of mine told me he knew where the holy grail of blackberries were. Blackberries happen to be my all time favorite of...
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Jun 135 min read
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Let's Celebrate!
June rolls in and I’m still counting our blessings. Our spring has been absolutely perfect as far as the weather has treated us. We have...
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Jun 65 min read
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There's No Place Like Home
We are in our last week of May. Memorial Day gives us a long weekend to prepare for June and everything that comes along with June. Its...
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May 307 min read
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