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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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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


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


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


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


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


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


Here We Go Again
Well, here we go again. At our house in Ridgeland we have not had a rain in 5 weeks including this week. I know that rain amounts vary...
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Aug 30, 20245 min read


A Buck for a Duck in His Truck
The other day I got the kind of phone cal I love to get. We, in Mississippi are fortunate enough to have two ladies that are working for...
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Aug 24, 202411 min read


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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Aug 16, 20245 min read


Hot Tub Time Machine
I could go on and on about the finish to our trip to Colorado that I started last week. In fact I think I will. Mimi and I wound up in...
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Aug 10, 20245 min read
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