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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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I’ll Take My Chances
A FEW ARTICLES BACK I told the tall tale of the Mt. Ranier climb. I mentioned that although I enjoyed the technical stuff for something...
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Apr 8, 20245 min read
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If You Don’t Challenge Me, I Will
I do like to challenge myself. I get a kick out having some private goals that seem laughably impossible to reach. These self...
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Mar 30, 20248 min read
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Calendars: An Important Gardening Tool
It takes me about this long to get 2023 put away and admit that 2024 has taken over. Every year it takes me about this long to put the...
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Mar 26, 20244 min read
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Weed Free
This time of year is the funnest and most difficult time. It’s exciting because our change of weather keeps it interesting, we are...
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Mar 19, 20246 min read
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Do the Hustle
Looks to me like things are about to get real around the Mississippi gardening world. This weeks temperatures are hovering around the...
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Mar 10, 20247 min read
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Sunshine on my Shoulder
I enjoyed my February in a lot of ways. All the reasons seem to be weather related so maybe I should say I enjoyed February’s weather....
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Mar 4, 20244 min read
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Mother Nature
I was thinking about a trip that Mimi and I took to Jamaica. We were ready for a break and our slow season had arrived. By that time we...
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Feb 24, 20247 min read
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Big Bamboo
So far so good with our winter weather. We have now had some very low temperatures with no ice or snow. I ran around covering things from...
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Feb 16, 20245 min read
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What Day is It?
The week after new years is one of our weeks that Mimi and I slip away. After the 2 month long retail Christmas and the “real” christmas...
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Feb 12, 20244 min read
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The Search Begins
It has been kind of nice to look around outside in my yard and just driving around town. With winter cold here it is easier to forget how...
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Feb 3, 20244 min read
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Make My Day
These are the quiet days, a major part of gardening, that I enjoy and get excited about. On these quiet days of winter I get a chance to...
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Jan 27, 20244 min read
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Got a Buzz
I am sitting in my 1967 greyhound bus converted into a camper. It’s toasty in here although the high temperature for today has already...
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Jan 20, 20244 min read
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