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Montague Post Office could see reduction in hours or closure

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The Montague Post Office could see a reduction in hours or even possible closure as the POST Plan to streamline post offices across the country comes to the county.

A public meeting is scheduled for July 15 in Montague to garner public comment on possible changes in service at the Montague Post Office. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the community center located at 11339 State Highway 59N, Montague.

According to a release from the U.S. Postal Service, this will be an opportunity for local management of the post office to share results of a recent customer survey, answer questions and provide information about the POST Plan.

Read the full story in the Saturday News.

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Giant Lone Star: A heavenly hosta

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As a card-carrying member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the Shadowland Giant Lone Star hosta.
Make no mistake, I don’t believe this hosta was discovered in the shady soil under a Texas Madrone in Guadalupe National Park. It was actually a sport or morphological change in s hosta named Key West. That sounds like a fairy tale story all its own.
But Shadowland Giant Lone Star has winner written all over it. It is large and has thick leaves. When 12 straight days of rain brought out a rainforest of slugs and other forest floor creatures, the bane of hosta growers everywhere, it didn’t load up with holes but simply got more beautiful.

Read the full Garden Guy column in Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Pink cloud in the garden is beautiful

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Supertunia Mini Vista Pink Cloud petunia is having its debut year or thanks to Susan Middleton Turner in south Georgia’s zone 9 Miller County it’s breakout year.
Susan’s house looks quite like a movie set, and you would have to think that Supertunia Mini Vista petunias play a prominent role.
Last year it was the award-winning Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo that dazzled with incredible color. The petunias were planted in banister baskets across the front of the house. I featured her photos in an article I wrote about Mini Vista petunias.

Read the full Garden Guy column in your Thursday Bowie News.

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The boil order for the 400 block of Decatur Street due to a line break and repair mid-week has been lifted.

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