Features

Deer Creek has some wonderful residents, and they love to have a good time. Just because one ages does not stop a people from celebrating major events in a person’s life, such as a birthday. With major precautions, the whole town was represented in a parade in honor of George Newman’s birthday.

Grilling meats in Texas is a pastime that most of us have enjoyed at one time or another. Getting recognized for it is one thing, but being on TV multiple times for it is another. Arturo Ramon II of Blanco River Meat is a TV grillmaster.

The Wimberley City Council acted on a proposal from Mariposa Cleaning Services, LLC for increased restroom cleaning services at the Wimberley Square’s two restroom facilities and at the Martha Knies Community Park.

For a quarter of a century Pete Anderson has grabbed his water bottle, pulled on his rubber boots and waded out into the Blanco River and Cypress Creek to collect water samples.

Growing pumpkins stands as an enduring symbol of fall, whether they end up as smiling jack-o’-lanterns or stacked near cornstalks for a lovely autumn scene. But it is just the beginning of summer should I be thinking about pumpkins now? Yes, you should because now is the perfect time to get pumpkin plants into the ground!

After missing out on the events of senior year such as prom and senior skip day, how else could the class of 2020 be honored? Although changing times mandated social distancing, Wimberley High School seniors were still honored by the town, letting them know the town was proud of them and would not let this event go unnoticed.

If, like me, you can’t wait for that first bite of a summer watermelon. Many of us got our watermelon plants in the ground in April or May but you can still plant them up until about mid-June. The growing conditions needed include lots of sunshine during the day and warm nights. That sure sounds like central Texas Weather. Watermelon is great sliced, in fruit salads, grilled, and the rind is even used hollowed out as a serving basket or bowl – or like my great grandmother you can make watermelon rind pickles! Understanding the best growing conditions for watermelons will help you grow this wonderful fruit.

The Wimberley Village Library is a wonderful place offering amazing things, not only offering the usual books and such, but even now keeping with the times offering drive up service.

The goal is simple and straightforward: Get fresh socks on the feet of 2,000 veterans and active-duty military personnel.

When you open a new business, they say, it’s all about location.

Five Texas craft breweries have teamed up to create a collaborative foeder beer, titled “Good Grief.” A portion of the beer’s sale will be donated to the First Responders First fund to support healthcare workers. The remainder will benefit brewery employees, their overhead and their ability to fund new beers such as this one.

A lot of people these days are worried about their physical health.

In late February we often notice our first blooming Bluebonnets. They usually peak toward the end of March and early April. The pollinators (mainly native bees) visit the flowers and in April we notice the seed pods. Bluebonnets are annuals, which means the individual Bluebonnets will die this summer and the Bluebonnets you see next year will be from the seeds produced this year. Thus we admonish people not to mow the wildflowers until they have gone to seed.