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Good morning 🌞 It’s the 1st Monday of the Autumn season, so I wanted to share a beautiful Waterfall this morning that sits right under a gorgeous Red Maple tree. It has turned to Fall color now, and coupled with the sound of the Water, it makes for a very nice place to sit and prepare for the day.
I hope this has helped you find that Moment of Zen for your day as well. 🙏🏻
Have a great day!
Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd.
Jackson, Tn. 38305
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Good Morning! ☀️ What a storm we had last night! ⛈ ⚡️ 💥 Here we are changing seasons… Bye bye Summer, Hello Fall 🍁🍂 We have literally been on a West TN weather seesaw… It was 100 degrees on the last day of summer, So Hot 🥵 Then the next day a 51 degree morning… Then back up close to 90 today, but guess what – down into the 40’s tonight😮
Oh well, again the old saying holds true, “If you don’t like the weather, just you wait”…
Now it’s on to breakfast and then a little work in the Garden! I Love ❤️ Fall!
“In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil.
And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb color effects as from August to November.”
~ Rose G. Kingsley
Watch this short for the cutest puppy ever 👇🏻
Have a great Sunday!
~ Mark C.
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What a calm, cool, beautiful morning! Today is the 1st Saturday of Autumn 🍂 The Waterfalls are flowing, sprinklers are sprinkling and all is right in the world 🌎 We are here to serve YOU today till 2!
Mulch, plants, sand, gravel, stone by the pound or by the pallet, sod by the piece, pond supplies, koi food, you name it, we’ve got it for ya’. Plus – a Great Local Grower supplied us with some Beautiful Pumpkins 🎃🎃🎃
The gates are opening as I write this!
Y’all Come!
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2846 Old Medina Rd.
Jackson, Tn. 38305
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Good Morning! it’s the first Friday of Autumn! It’s a BEAUTIFUL DAY! And I am walking into the studios of WNWS 101.5 FM, in downtown Jackson, TN! I am about to go ‘LIVE’ from 9-11 am with Seabass and Chuck Walker – The 2 “Coolest Dudes in show business”! Join us today on “Everybody Talks”!
I’ll be here from 9-11am – So get your questions ready! We will be talking Outdoor Living, Koi Ponds, ‘Cool Season’ gardening, trimming, mulching, landscaping, Hummingbird staging, and LOVING FALL 🍁🏈🎃🔥🍁
Ask about our upcoming Fall Aquatic Workshop !
We will talk about just about anything that YOU want to talk about! Ask a question, send in a picture, share a story (but please, NO politics!) It’s Friday! Call in and join us – 731-423-8101
– HEY, You can listen, and you can call in and talk… the # is the same that it has been for over 20 years – 731-423-8101. But, did you know you can text your comments and questions? 731-277-5155
Come by and see us at the Nursery! We are open today until 4pm and tomorrow 8-2! Fall is in the air!
Come on in to Carters Nursery and get what you need for your Garden and your Pond! We have Plants, Shrubs & Perennials! And all the cool season Pond treatments you need! Including cool season Koi Food! We’ve got stone by the pound and Sod by the piece! Plus cool hats, jeans, garden decor and gifts in our ’Unique Boutique’!
I’m looking forward to seeing ya’ on the air…
Mark Carter
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Jackson, Tn. 38305
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Fall is actually in the air this morning! After yesterday’s 100 degree send off of Summer, it’s a welcome feeling! What does Fall mean to you? Here are a few pics from Falls past that sum up what it means to me…
Fall Flowers 💐 Bon fires 🔥 colorful foliage 🍁 decorating for Halloween 🎃 burning leaves 🍁 Football 🏈 cooler weather ❤️
What does Fall mean to you? What are YOUR favorite things about the Fall season?
Here is a link to the Farmers Almanac that really breaks down what the Equinox means –
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox
Have a wonderful Equinox! Tomorrow the days will be shorter and the nights will grow longer all the way to the Solstice in late December.
Here’s to Fall 🍁🔥🎃🏈💥
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Good Morning! Brace yourself… This is the last morning of late Summer… tomorrow is the Autumnal Equinox, ie; The 1st day of Fall 🍁
I always try to post proactive things you can do to keep your Water Garden clean and your Koi healthy over the Fall & Winter. Things like – Cutting your aquatic plants back, using pond/Koi netting, watching your skimmer more closely, feeding Cool Temp Koi Food, etc. – There’s another very important thing you can do to really keep your ecosystem active and working well
– Switch to Cool Season Beneficial Bacteria!
Our Cold Water Beneficial Bacteria works and keeps on working when the plants and fish aren’t active and really helps the quality of your Pond Water! It is extremely effective at reducing sludge, dead and decaying leaves and plants, built up fish waste & excess nutrients like ammonia, nitrates & phosphates. These things make for poor water quality, reduced water clarity and can have catastrophic effects on your fishes health.
The next piece of ’Low Hanging Fruit’ im going to serve up is this : Every Pond should have a floating Pond thermometer Our finned friends are cold blooded & water temperature is very important when it comes to seasonal feeding times. Pick one up at Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio today.
The last Pond Tip for today is this – “Our Koi have eaten well this year & have put on a good bit of fat to get them through the Cool Season ahead. Now is the time that many of my clients and fellow Koi enthusiasts start asking a very important question…
– When do I stop feeding regular food and start feeding Cool Season Koi Food?
Switching to a Cool Temperature Koi Food is very important for the health of your Koi!
Well thats enough for today I just want you all to be ready with the tools and things you need to easily succeed during the changing of the seasons.
Tomorrow is the start of a new Season! Are You ready for some Fall? 🏈 🍁 🔥
PS: Join us October 1st for a FREE Pond Maintenance Workshop!
Mark Carter
Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
2846 Old Medina Rd.
Jackson, Tn. 38305
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http://www.cartercountry.com
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The older I get, the quicker these seasonal changes seem to come… WOW! Are we already looking at the END of Summer?
Summer is going out on a HOT note! High 90’s today & we may very well see 100 degrees tomorrow! 🥵 But, then on the official 1st day of Fall (Thursday the 22nd) the high is only gonna be around 80 degrees… Do the seasons know it’s time?
“During the autumnal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres get the same amount of rays. The alignment officially occurs this year on Thursday, September 22”
So the 1st full day of Fall is on the 22nd. Are you ready for Fall?
“Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, Ceaseless, insistent. The grasshopper’s horn, and far-off, high in the maples, The wheel of a locust leisurely grinding the silence Under a moon waning and worn, broken, Tired with summer. Let me remember you, voices of little insects, Weeds in the moonlight, fields that are tangled with asters, Let me remember, soon will the winter be on us, Snow-hushed and heavy. Over my soul murmur your mute benediction, While I gaze, O fields that rest after harvest, As those who part look long in the eyes they lean to, Lest they forget them.”
~ Sara Teasdale
Here’s to changing seasons… 🍾
Mark Carter
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2846 Old Medina Rd.
Jackson, Tn. 38305
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Good morning! I love to start off the week with a Waterfall! I thought I would use one of my Instagram videos this morning. Instagram is still fairly new to me, but I’m enjoying experimenting with it. Check this one out. I just posted it this morning. If your on Instagram, please like and follow my page. It’s all original pictures and video of things we designed and built.
Have a great week!
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I got a late start on my blog this morning… We ate out with great friends last night and we were up fairly late ⏰ But to my defense I did do several things outside this morning and I fixed breakfast for everyone. Last night we dined in Japan with sushi 🍣, Sake , edamame and rice 🍚
But this morning I went old school with Coffee Sliced tomatoes, eggs, and biscuits w/gravy. Like my grandma used to fix 😊 A world away from Japan 🇯🇵
It sure is nice catching up with good friends! Eating and visiting with friends is one of the great pleasures in life! 🙏🏻 And it’s always a blessing to have breakfast with my family on Sunday morning 🌞
“Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride.”
~ Anthony Bourdain
Have a wonderful Sunday! 🙏🏻
~ Mark C.
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What a beautiful morning, the Waterfalls are flowing, sprinklers are sprinkling and all is right in the world 😉 And – we are here to serve YOU till 2!
Mulch, plants, sand, gravel, stone by the piece or by the pallet, sod, pond supplies, koi food, you name it, we’ve got it for ya’. Plus – a Boutique full of Awesome!
The gates are open, Y’all Come!
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Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio
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Jackson, Tn. 38305
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Carter's Water Garden 