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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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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- Jun 4, 2022
- 3 min
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 28, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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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martinsonsgw
- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
Slowly But Surely
A FEW ARTICLES BACK I promised I would go over a product line that we are excited to introduce to our store. The good news is this...
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martinsonsgw
- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Doctor is In
I HAVE LOST COUNT OF all the people who have walked into our garden center holding a bag of weed. I always jokingly tell them they had...
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martinsonsgw
- Mar 25, 2022
- 8 min
Time For a Party!
THIS IS THE WEEK we really get our wakeup call from Mother Nature. When Daylight Saving Time comes it feels like a huge release to me....
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