Paul and Nila Dowlearn-Owners of Wichita Valley Nursery. Paul’s recent books, “The Lazy Man’s Garden” and “Touch the Earth” are available at the Nursery, 5314 S.W. Pkwy, Wichita Fall, Texas.
The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.
The Sheriff’s Office received 67 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 21 inmates with three being female in the Archer County Jail.
“Rain comes in bunches.” The late Cattie Jackson used to say that. “Once we get wet, we tend to stay wet and once dry we stay dry.” I say that. We sure enough got a bunch last week. Unofficially, at our house we got 4.2” last week and 3.5” the week previous. Given either of these two sayings have merit, we should stay wet. May and June are by average our two highest rainfall months. We could be setting up for a nice midspring pattern. At any rate it is going to take us a while to dry out. Rather too wet than too dry any day.
The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.
On May 5, Mexico will celebrate one of its most important patriotic holidays, known simply as Cinco de Mayo. It marks the victory of Mexico over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It was an improbable victory against overwhelming odds. Above all, it is a day remembered for courage. This special day for Mexico is a day made possible by the daring and valor of a native Texan, Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza.
The Sheriff’s Office received 75 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 24 inmates with two being female in the Archer County Jail.
This past week we got a new supply of the two books I have written. The Lazy Man’s Garden and Touch the Earth both carry the same underlying theme. Water will shape the future of 21st Century landscaping. The thing that will drive this lack of fresh water availability has been and will be population. As the population continues to grow and rainfall does not our municipal water supplies will be forced to meet the needs of the population. Historically, the first place water gets restricted is called outdoor use and gardening in general makes up the bulk of outdoor usage. Just when our plants need the help most desperately our ability to deliver that help and is increasingly restricted. Many of us will not live long enough to see how the “end game” gets played out. However, our children and grandchildren most certainly will. These times will be looked back upon as the beginning of a new landscaping ethic and philosophy or as the time when much if not most of our precious water resources continued to be wasted for the sake of green lawns. We chose the former path and continue to reject the latter.
The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.