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Life's a Garden: What day is it?
By Allen Martinson
Thu,02/08/24-2:35PM , 200 Reads 7,031 Statewide
The week after new year’s is one of our weeks that Mimi and I slip away. After the two month long retail Christmas and the “real” Christmas entertaining at home we always feel like hiding out for a few days. This year we spent that time with our friends in Florida. It still amazes me how close we are to a totally different world.
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Life's a Garden: The search begins
By Allen Martinson
Thu,02/01/24-4:15PM , 208 Reads 6,838 Statewide
It has been kind of nice to look around outside in my yard and just drive around town. With winter cold here it is easier to forget how many of those leafless or brown plants are still dead from last year's double whammy of extreme cold and then the extreme heat.
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Life's a Garden: Got a Buzz
By Allen Martinson
Thu,01/18/24-1:35PM , 287 Reads 8,940 Statewide
I am sitting in my 1967 greyhound bus converted into a camper. It’s toasty here although the high temperature for today has already been reached by 10 o’clock this morning and the wind will get up to 20 mph. The camper is my office and lunch spot when I’m working on campus at Garden Works.
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Life's a Garden: Poon Hill Trouble
By Allen Martinson
Wed,01/17/24-12:25PM , 298 Reads 8,141 Statewide
Just before Christmas I was writing about a journey that Mimi and I had taken in Nepal. To refresh your memory Mimi was three months pregnant with our son Max. Our daughter Mia was three years old and was spending time with Mimi’s parents while we trekked around the 26,000-foot Annapurna Circuit.
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