By Calvin Finch / 27 January 2025 We don’t recommend that new tomato transplants get planted in the vegetable garden until after March 15 but the Rodeo Tomato variety for 2025 has been selected and plants are available in limited numbers, and it works very well to pot them up in February so they can begin their growth process by taking advantage of a sunny location out of the wind in a fertilized container. Gardeners who register for the “Potting…
Help Prevent Neighborhood Crime Meet the Dreamhill Neighborhood SAPD SAFFE Officer Join us Saturday, October 1 at 11:00AM DEERC Building 6802 Dorothy Louise Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229 The SAFFE Unit consists of officers who focus on identifying, evaluating and resolving community crime problems with the cooperation and participation of community residents. Some background of the SAPD SAFFE Program: (from: https://www.sanantonio.gov/SAPD/SAFFE) The central core of SAPD’s Community Policing activities is the SAFFE (San Antonio Fear Free Environment) Unit. First established…
Winter Vegetables Class with Calvin Finch Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Calvin Finch, master Gardener and host of the well known 930AM Gargening South Texas Radio Show, will be covering the topic at Dreamhill Estates Neighborhood in the Medical Center Area. The class is co-sponsored by Milberger’s Nursery. Attendees will receive informational handouts and a FREE broccoli plant to start their fall vegetable garden. Program is free and open to the public and the location is…
Fall Vegetables Class with Calvin Finch Saturday, September 8, 2018 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Gardeners looking to expand their knowledge of raising fall and winter vegetables have several choices of classes in September. On September 8 at 9:30 until 11AM Calvin Finch, master Gardener and host of the well known 930AM Gargening South Texas Radio Show, will be covering the topic at Dreamhill Estates Neighborhood in the Medical Center Area. The class is co-sponsored by Milberger’s Nursery. Attendees will…
Give a Birdie for Dreamhill Click Here to Donate – www.DEERC.org/birdie Help Support the building of our new Dreamhill Estates Education Resource Center by giving during the The Valero Texas Open, Birdies for Charity fundraising event. Every dollar marked for DEERC, goes to DEERC. Plus, if we raise $1,000 or more we get a 7% bonus! Please ask your friends and family to help by forwarding them the link below. You can make a pledge amount for each birdie made…
The Big Give SA is a Single Day of Giving Across San Antonio. YOU CAN GIVE RIGHT NOW.DON’T WAIT Till May 4thClick Here to go to the DEERC Big Give Site. From midnight to midnight on May 4, help us match an incredibly generous $10,000 in Challenge Funding for Big Give SA! Many thanks to neighbors and anonymous donors who are eager to see the new building become a reality. Let’s show we support it, too! May 4 is a…
Launch of DEERC’s Second Online Auction As we did back in 2012, the Dreamhill Estates Education Resource Center will launch a second online auction with tons of exciting prizes for neighbors, friends and anyone we know to bid on. We’ll be announcing the prizes in a few short weeks when the auction goes online. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from anyone who has something to contribute for viewers to bid on —crafts you do, something your employer might…
Saturday, March 18 at 9:30 a.m Calvin Finch will do another spring gardening talk for neighbors and friends on Saturday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m. on the DEERC property at 6800 Dorothy Louise Drive. He’ll also have a giveaway plant for all attendees, hopefully a Rodeo tomato transplant. So, it’s clearly time to plant tomatoes and other warm-weather vegetables. Plus we can also plant zinnias (which attracted an astounding number of Monarch butterflies last fall!) and other summer-color plants. Location:…
Dog Training at DEERC Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 10 a.m. Bring Your Pooch and Learn How Easy it is to have a Well-mannered Canine DEERC Education Chair Kathy Holcomb has invited Jenna Raber, long-experienced dog trainer at the San Antonio Humane Society, to the DEERC property on March 4 to talk about training your dog and she’ll give a real-life demonstration of how easy it is to teach most dogs a few simple commands that will make your life…