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Friday Radio Report…
February 15, 2019, 10:59 am
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Great show today with the 180 Crew! Dan & Sea Bass are the best! Lots of guests and lots happening in Jackson!

Ready or not – Spring is Coming! Be ready by starting now on your design and get on the list. Have your project complete before Spring has sprung 🙂 Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN 731-424-2206

Bart Horton was in the house to talk about upcoming events at Century Farm Winery. Tours, concerts, tastings and more! Check them out on their website! https://centuryfarmwinery.com/   

Ashley from the Blacksmith came by to tell us a little about their wonderful daily food specials and to give away a gift card for them – Cindy Springer successfuly answered the question and won the gift card! Congratulations Cindy!!!

The Blacksmith is a great Local Restaurant!

LOTS to do in the garden and landscape! Here’s a short list –

Spring is Coming! Lots of chores… 

  • Pruning! Crepe myrtles, fruit trees!, Rose’s & most shrubs 😊
  • Cleanup landscape! Rake up old leafs and debris and dispose of.
  • Dormant oil! Fruit trees and Crape Myrtles too (for Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale).
  • Planting of trees & shrubs!
  • Mulching! 

Have a great weekend!

I’m on with the 180 Crew – Dan Reaves & Sea Bass- every Friday from 9-11am Call in with ALL your gardening and Outdoor Lifestyle questions at 731-423-8101.
OR you can TEXT us at 731-277-5155. Listen LIVE at 101.5 WNWS – FM Talk Radio – on your smart phone using your TuneIn app.!

 

Mark Carter

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More Photos of … Yep, Waterfalls! 😊 | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee
February 12, 2019, 7:31 am
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This rainy weather has had me looking at photos & trying to prepare for Spring. Now, Its no secret – I ❤️ Waterfalls! I Love Designing them! & I Love Building them! I have learned to Love photographing them too. I have been posting some of my Landscape & Waterfall photos on Instagram. Please check em out at the link below. If you like em, click Follow & you will see new photos as they are posted.

Lots of beautiful photos of landscapes and waterfalls on my Instagram page. Click the link below to see more…

https://www.instagram.com/cartercountry1/

 

Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd. 
Jackson, Tn. 38305
Ph.# 731-424-2206
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Monday Morning Moment of Zen | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee
February 11, 2019, 7:30 am
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Monday Morning Moment of Zen has gotten to be a tradition! There’s no better way to calm the mind & spirit than a flowing stream or a waterfall. This short video of a simple Pondless stream & Waterfalls says it all – beautiful, organic & natural! A pleasure to sit by in the morning or evening. The perfect way to set the stage for today 😊 Have a Great Day!

Happy Pondering 🤔

 

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Pondless Waterfall ‘The Movie’ | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee
February 9, 2019, 8:00 am
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This is a cool ‘Time Lapse’ video of a Pondless Waterfall Installation from a few years back. The job actually took the entire crew a 10 hour day to complete. This video condenses it down to two minutes.

I ❤️ Waterfalls!

 

Happy Pondering 🤔
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Friday Radio Report…
February 8, 2019, 10:43 am
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Today is a Super Fun Day! We are LIVE at Carlock Nissan on a remote! You gotta stop by!!! Test drives! Giveaways! Drawings & more!!! Every test drive enters you to win $1,000.00!

The 180 Crew is LIVE at Carlock Nissan! Come by and see us and test drive one of these Awesome vehicles!

Nostalgia break- We got to talking about the old Datsun cars and trucks that were big back in the day. Nissan merged and replaced the old Datsun – Progress!

Lots of calls about Spring Landscaping! When to trim, when to aerate & overseed fescue lawns & more!

Spring is Coming! Be ready!

  •  It’s time! Trim! Crepe myrtles! Roses! Most all deciduous shrubs & trees!
  • aerate and overseed fescue!
  • Topdress and till garden beds (thank me later 😊).
  • Get all your Landsacpe Designs completed and start building!
  • Clean out Water Gardens and Koi Ponds starting now.
  • Everything is Happening!

The Blacksmith song lyric question of the day was –  a Tool song – Scism!  The winner gets a $10 gift card to the Blacksmith! Joe called in first & nailed it! Bam 💥!

We also talked about the World Famous Ginny’s Ice Cream – ONLY available at Grubbs Grocery in Jackson, TN! 

 

Wow! Fun day with the 180 Crew as usual!

I’m on with the 180 Crew – Dan Reaves & Sea Bass- every Friday from 9-11am Call in with ALL your gardening and Outdoor Lifestyle questions at 731-423-8101.
OR you can TEXT us at 731-277-5155. Listen LIVE at 101.5 WNWS – FM Talk Radio – on your smart phone using your TuneIn app.!

Happy Pondering 🤔
Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd. 
Jackson, Tn. 38305
Ph.# 731-424-2206
http://www.cartercountry.com
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Now Is The Time To Prepare For Spring! | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee
February 7, 2019, 8:14 am
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We are “Post Groundhog Day” & rapidly approaching Spring! You have been saving $$ and planning to put in that Water Feature you have always wanted… Now is a great time to start the process of Designing & getting on the Work Schedule!

Spring will be here soon & it will be time to feed our Koi again. Stay ahead of the pack and get on the schedule ASAP.

So many people wait till that perfect Spring day in April, the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing, and they say “Let’s do this”! When can you start? And I tell them 6 to 8 weeks… Most understand that we stay pretty busy, but many are disappointed in the waiting time. BUT, this is YOUR reminder😊 Give me a call now and let’s get you on the early Spring schedule- The seasonal clock 🕰 is ticking, stay ahead of the game.

Happy Pondering 🤔

 

Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd. 
Jackson, Tn. 38305
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A Koi Story for Today | What Does Koi Mean in Japanese? | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio
February 6, 2019, 7:31 am
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If you don’t have a Water Garden & keep Koi, you don’t understand how attached you get to your Pond & Fish! You just don’t understand how going out and interacting with your fish and hearing that waterfall literally takes you to another place… Almost instantly, you calm down… Your blood pressure goes down… Your breathing smooths out… It’s like… Magic! I Love My Pond & I LOVE my Koi!

Love your Koi & keep your Koi happy and healthy as we transition into Spring by feeding them quality Cool Temperature Koi Food | Carters Nursery Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee | I ❤️ Koi!

As you know Koi are huge in the culture of Japan. I love learning more about Japan & about Koi. I’ve been blogging about Koi every Wednesday for the last year & have learned a lot of things in the process. I have also tried to pass along some good information to you through my BLOG.  One thing I have had fun learning more about is their language & about Kanji – what is kanji you ask?

kan·ji
/ˈkänjē/
noun – a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters.

I wanted to share a similarity that I thought was Awesome! The word Koi in English means decorative carp of course. But in Japanese it has more than 1 meaning, and it makes complete & total sense to me 😊

This Kanji means Koi. It’s also the Kanji for Love ❤️ Makes sense to me 😊

恋は盲目
Koi wa moumoku / Love is Blind!

恋に師匠なし
Koi ni shishou nashi / Love needs no teaching

Both have the common Kanji 

Koi &/or Love…

Isn’t that cool?! 😎 Going to the Koi pond is truly going out for a dose of LOVE! Bam! 💥 Write this down! – “KOI = LOVE”!

 

Happy Pondering!  🤔

 

Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd. 
Jackson, Tn. 38305
Ph.# 731-424-2206
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