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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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A Lot of Work And a Lot of Fun
During my junior year of college I procured a summer job at Flowerwood nursery in Alabama. When you were driving to the Alabama or...
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Jan 4, 20255 min read


Satisfaction
This will be the last edition of the Northside Sun before Christmas. This past year has been an interesting one for sure. The year was...
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Dec 21, 20243 min read


Making Spirits Bright
We have one more full week to get ready for Christmas celebrations. Hopefully you have found the perfect Christmas tree and some great...
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Dec 13, 20244 min read


It Is What It Is
This has been an interesting fall. November was so warm and we received enough rain to keep things seeming like spring time. I know a lot...
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Dec 4, 20247 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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