GARDENING HOLIDAY

I last took a break from this monthly posting almost a decade ago. This month I will be doing so again. My plate is full. I need the pause and to reassess. In place of my absent fresh message, I recommend you read or reread one or two of my previous posts. Permit me to suggest PHYTOFASCISM (Apr, 2023) and/or an appropriate title. Also enjoy the spring and consider doing something special, something different in your garden.

Before I take off, the idea of a serious gardening celebration is one that I find intriguing. Yes, a few holidays have a subordinate plant or gardening component, but nothing like the end of season harvest activities of yonder years. The closest we get is Arbor Day (last Fri in April) and to a lesser degree several others. There is a National Gardening Day on the books (April 14), but I don't remember ever knowing about it. I would recommend this celebration not be a day off, rather a week of thanks because without plants and plant people there would be no people. A recurring consideration of our true place in the natural world. The only reality. For that reason I suggest we use Thanksgiving and change the week of celebration to the first week in November rather than the third. As I former classroom teacher I hated having Thanksgiving and Christmas so close. Further, with Turkey Day two weeks earlier it would make it more a mid to late fall rather than an early winter break, thus more chance for outdoor activities, more plants. Or something during the rebirth, spring. ENJOY