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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Life Changing Experience
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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Dec 2, 20245 min read
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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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Nov 22, 20245 min read
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Beyond the Norm
This is the time of year that the weather finally relaxes a bit. The days are shorter and cooler, the rain begins to fall and our plants...
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Nov 15, 20248 min read
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Mountain Folk
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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Nov 7, 20246 min read
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Jewels Of Kashmir
I was finishing my junior year at Mississippi State and my self-proclaimed deadline to save up enough money to go to India for three...
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Nov 1, 20246 min read
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Showtime!
This weekend is one that Mimi and I have been prepping for 25 years. Our son max is marrying Madeline McPherson Saturday. These two have...
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Oct 25, 20243 min read
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Squirrel Jerky
This past weekend Mimi and I left Garden Works mid morning to head to Fondren for the Bottle Tree festival. We weren’t sure we would be...
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Oct 11, 20247 min read
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Plants, Pumpkins & Pinot Time
Finally October has shown up on the map. I dream all summer about the day that I can roll that calendar page over to my favorite month of...
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Oct 4, 20248 min read
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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree
I CAN REMEMBER when I was in the third grade and going to St. Richard’s catholic school my father came home with the news that we were...
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Sep 26, 20247 min read
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Fondren, Most Bottle Trees in the Universe
By the time this article comes out we and most of the garden centers around town will have received our truckloads of pumpkins. Not only...
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Sep 21, 20244 min read
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400 Pound Birdbath
September is upon us. We begin to think fall around this time of year. The normal things in fall are back to school, football, music...
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Sep 13, 20246 min read
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Do the Rain Dance
Just like everyone says, if you want it to rain just wash your car. Last week I wrote an article about getting prepared for some dry...
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Sep 6, 20247 min read
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