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Life's a Garden: Passing the flower baton
By ALLEN MARTINSON
Mon,07/04/22-12:00PM, 365 Reads
As we move into July, I realize that we have had a nice, long spring, like one for the books. It’s not every spring we can start gardening in late February and keep on gardening right into July.
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Life's a Garden: It’s cobbler time
By ALLEN MARTINSON
Mon,06/27/22-12:00PM, 476 Reads
One of my favorite times of the summer months is upon us. Blackberries are finally ready. I’m having luck finding them in the wild and have discovered my new favorite place to get the giant, thornless varieties at a pick-your-own place out in Raymond.
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Life's a Garden: Marital bliss
By ALLEN MARTINSON
Mon,06/13/22-2:00PM, 920 Reads
During the first year after Mimi and I got married Mimi was teaching English literature and coaching cross country at Madison Ridgeland Academy. During that time we finished building the green houses and had begun to grow bedding plants for Garden Works and 60 other customers.
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Life's a Garden: A happy accident
By ALLEN MARTINSON
Mon,06/06/22-2:00PM, 808 Reads
Memorial Day is upon us. We all got a paid day off and hopefully either had some people over or went to someone’s place to acknowledge our fallen soldiers. You probably fixed up your visiting area with a flag or spruced up your flower beds with some fresh, colorful blooms.
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