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Roses—the last of garden pruning

the last of the garden plants to be pruned. Pruning stimulates new growth and if pruned too early, there is the risk of the new growth getting zapped by a late spring freeze. Roses have already or are beginning to leaf out and it is time to do some maintenance on the rose bushes.

LIBRARY NOTES

Yeah, we’ve got that According to the folks at ChiltonLibrary, April is National Car Care Month. ChiltonLibrary provides a wide variety of users access to vehicle maintenance and repair information including step by step service and repair manuals, wiring diagrams, images, and a video library.

Spring rice is nice with fresh greens

recipe is called spring rice because it summons the flavors of a spring roll. And it has notes of a savory fried rice. It seems we typically make certain recipes during particular times of the year. It’s true, some recipes seem like fall, or winter, and others for warmer weather.

INAUGURAL INNINGS

SPUR ON STAGE

TEXAS SPUR COUNTRY

GARZA Parody televangelist show‘Thee Hallelujahs’on stage at RGT through April 15 POST—Rev. Joey Hallelujah is returning to The Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post.

March muffin mania extends into April

I’ve had a month of March muffin madness. I’ll move on for a while, but I just can’t get over the many ways I can satisfy a sweet tooth with a treat so sweet and packed with nutrition, and with absolutely no flour, refined sugar, or oil. The nutrients in these muffins are nothing to joke about.

New books, new readers at the Spur library

We have a new poetry book on our shelves courtesy of our own local author and editor of the Texas Spur newspaper, Barbara Brannon. Brannon studied poetry with James Dickey at the University of South Carolina, where she earned the MA and PhD in American literature.

Planting roses in the garden

It is time to plant roses. Roses can be purchased from box stores, nurseries, or mail-order catalogues. They will come individually packaged as bare-root or in containers. Bare root roses are usually sold fully dormant since they have bare roots.

Patton Springs ISD launches outreach for $9.2 million bond

On the evening of March28 (after press deadline for this issue), Patton Springs Independent School District was to hold a town hall to begin a dialogue with its community about the $9.2 million bond proposition that will appear on a May 6 ballot.